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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's wife tears the sleeping mat, what does she do?
(a) Scream.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Cry.
(d) Defecate.

2. What is the name of the Revolution described in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) White Lotus.
(b) Ting.
(c) Hsiao-erh.
(d) Hung.

3. What is the punishment for the murderer apart from beating?
(a) Being castrated.
(b) Wearing a cangue.
(c) Being imprisoned.
(d) Cutting out his tongue.

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

5. Who murders the cruel wife with a knife who starved her mother-in-law in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Li Chen.
(b) Din Dan.
(c) Ts'ui Meng.
(d) P'u Sung-ling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose nephew starts up a gang that attacks Ts'ui?

2. From what position is Feng fired?

3. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?

4. According to what custom does a woman return dowry to her husband's family?

5. When could a Chinese husband kill a wife according to the law?

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