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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman Who Ran Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?
(a) Silver.
(b) Labor.
(c) Grain.
(d) Gold.

2. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Father.
(b) Son.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

3. After who dies does Ts'ui confess his murder?
(a) Friend.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

4. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Manchu roads.
(b) Chin-Chon roads.
(c) Imperial roads.
(d) Kaoling roads.

5. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Traveling with him.
(b) Sleeping with him.
(c) Talking to her.
(d) Sleeping with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

2. Who comes to judge Ts'ui for his crime of murder?

3. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?

4. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?

5. When the lazy person returns and begs the widow, what role does he assume again?

(see the answer key)

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