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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ts'ui kill in revenge for the suffering of the man he met while traveling with his mother?
(a) Officer and nephew.
(b) Peddler and official.
(c) Prostitute and pimp.
(d) Noble wife-stealer and wife.

2. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Famine.
(d) Death.

3. What is the town that is looted by bandits?
(a) North-South Grand.
(b) T'ang-Ch'en.
(c) Huang Liu-hung.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

4. When Jen's wife's body is examined, what is noticed about her?
(a) Shot.
(b) Drowned.
(c) Beaten.
(d) Strangled.

5. Which of the following is NOT a method of Chinese punishment?
(a) Murder.
(b) Community service.
(c) Cangue.
(d) Beating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strong impulse do women have about the family in times of death or stress?

2. Who attacks Li and his sons in revenge for being called a gangster?

3. Who is educated to read and write by her scholar father and then struggles to raise two boys in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

4. What scheme does the husband's relatives have to inherit the widow's property in Woman P'eng?

5. What system is used to maintain public order, police functions, and militia defense to deal with attacks by bandits in Huang's story?

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