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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. Who makes himself the law and uses his violent abilities to right what he sees as injustices in one of P'u Sung-ling's stories?
(a) P'u Sung-ling.
(b) Li Chen.
(c) Din Dan.
(d) Ts'ui Meng.

2. What does the killer of the boy expect as he claims the murder was revenge in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Rewards.
(d) Leniency.

3. What do the young couple set up as a new occupation after Ting is freed by a large bribe?
(a) Tax accountancy firm.
(b) Shoe shop.
(c) Glass factory.
(d) Herbal shop.

4. How does the man who came to judge Ts'ui for his crime know him?
(a) He was the young refugee boy.
(b) He was a friend of the family.
(c) He was the son of a widow.
(d) He was the Taoist monk.

5. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?
(a) Through an emergency shelter.
(b) With magic.
(c) With edible thistles.
(d) Via a storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jen's neighbor who sees Jen's wife when she is hiding?

2. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

3. What is the name of the Revolution described in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

4. Under Chinese law, what is Jen supposed to do with his wife?

5. Who attacks the couple and have to be stopped by magic?

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