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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) With a magistrate.
(b) With a fox spirit.
(c) With drugs.
(d) With magical spirits.

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

3. When Huang reconstructs the crime, who admits guilt?
(a) Ts'ao.
(b) Jen.
(c) Kao.
(d) Hissu.

4. What is Jen's wife buried in?
(a) Mountain grave.
(b) Underground cellar.
(c) Good coffin.
(d) Temple.

5. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?
(a) P'u Sung-ling.
(b) Tseng-yu.
(c) Yu-yu.
(d) Confucius.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jen's wife is abandoned, what situation does she find herself in?

2. Who is jealous of P'u Sung-ling's new wife?

3. What is the naive and uneducated head man of the village driven to while trying to pay tax?

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

5. When Jen fights with the neighbor, where does his wife go?

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