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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to what custom does a woman return dowry to her husband's family?
(a) Ch'ang-hu inheritance.
(b) P'eng policy.
(c) Hsi-liu notary.
(d) Chinese legal code.

2. What or whom do the people have fear of after the murder case?
(a) Kao's ghost.
(b) Ts'uai's ghost.
(c) Jen's ghost.
(d) Wang's ghost.

3. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Chin-Chon roads.
(b) Imperial roads.
(c) Kaoling roads.
(d) Manchu roads.

4. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1988.

5. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?
(a) T'an-ch'eng.
(b) Yu-yu.
(c) P'u Sung-ling.
(d) Tseng-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?

2. What does the killer of the boy expect as he claims the murder was revenge in the Woman P'eng story?

3. What is complicated and difficult to follow in Chinese society regarding inheritance?

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

5. In "Hsi-liu," who has difficulty learning to read?

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