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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ts'ui Meng supposed to become friends with in order to save his life when he has committed too many crimes?
(a) Peddler.
(b) Taoist monk.
(c) Refugee.
(d) Slave girl.

2. What is the exam that the sons of widows need to pass?
(a) Mu-chu.
(b) Chu-jen.
(c) Ch'ang-fu.
(d) Ch'ang-hu.

3. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Behind a fan.
(b) In a garden.
(c) Above the stairs.
(d) Below a box.

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

5. What scheme does the husband's relatives have to inherit the widow's property in Woman P'eng?
(a) Kill the son.
(b) Kidnap the widow.
(c) Kill the widow.
(d) Kidnap the son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?

2. P'u Sung-ling told a story about a woman who had a relationship with a nobleman and was pregnant. What happened to her?

3. In "Hsi-liu," how old is the widow when she is forced to raise two sons on her own?

4. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. What do the young couple buy for themselves after they elope?

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