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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Death.
(d) Famine.

3. What is a job that Jen's wife can do as a single woman?
(a) Priest.
(b) Killer.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Business woman.

4. When the beautiful surroundings disintegrate, what does Jen's wife feel?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Suffocated.
(d) Calm.

5. Who has an alibi on the night of the murder of Jen's wife?
(a) Kao.
(b) Huang.
(c) Jen.
(d) Tsao.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?

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

3. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.

4. What does the widow with the two sons run well in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

5. When Jen's wife tears the sleeping mat, what does she do?

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