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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since the widow does not have any rights at all, what do the cousins believe that by killing the boy they could get in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Land.
(c) House.
(d) Inheritance.

2. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.
(a) Platonic relationships.
(b) Funeral expenses.
(c) Fruit collections.
(d) Sexual affairs.

3. Who is protected by corrupt officials despite killing a wife in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Li.
(b) Tao.
(c) Huang.
(d) Wang.

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

5. When could a Chinese husband kill a wife according to the law?
(a) If he caught his wife having sex.
(b) If he was angry.
(c) If he became a concubine.
(d) If he found himself another partner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the widow force the lazy person to do in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

3. What decreases the sentence against the killer of Jen's wife?

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

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

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