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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jen fights with the neighbor, where does his wife go?
(a) Back to the shelter.
(b) Back to the lake.
(c) Back to the temple.
(d) Back to her husband.

2. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?
(a) Tax burden.
(b) Electric bill.
(c) Drought.
(d) Air conditioning bill.

3. Jen is a poor man who marries a woman called _______.
(a) Tao.
(b) Wang.
(c) Huai.
(d) Ts'ui-hsien.

4. Who does Ting confess his love to?
(a) Huang.
(b) Hung.
(c) White Lotus.
(d) Hsiao-erh.

5. When the lazy person returns and begs the widow, what role does he assume again?
(a) Peddler.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Student.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the magistrate overseeing the case of the murder?

2. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?

3. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.

4. In the story of Woman P'eng, what is the name of the young son?

5. What do some soldiers in T'an-ch'eng do when the change of government occurs?

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