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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Singer.
(c) Ventriloquist.
(d) Violinist.

2. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?
(a) Concert.
(b) Musical.
(c) Parade.
(d) Dance show.

3. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?
(a) Ma-t'ou.
(b) Feng K'o-t'san.
(c) Huang Liu-hung.
(d) T'ang-ch'eng.

4. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?
(a) Tax burden.
(b) Drought.
(c) Air conditioning bill.
(d) Electric bill.

5. What act does the official consider morally evil and degrading that many people in China are doing?
(a) Fornicating.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Suicide.

6. Who does not understand the law and thinks it is more convoluted that it is in fact in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Son.
(c) Father.
(d) Widow.

7. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?
(a) T'ang-Liu.
(b) T'ang-Ch'en.
(c) Huang Liu-hung.
(d) Feng K'o-t'san.

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

9. What is the town that is looted by bandits?
(a) T'ang-Ch'en.
(b) North-South Grand.
(c) Ma-t'ou.
(d) Huang Liu-hung.

10. Who does Ting confess his love to?
(a) Huang.
(b) White Lotus.
(c) Hung.
(d) Hsiao-erh.

11. What are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?
(a) Run.
(b) Hide.
(c) Stay inside.
(d) Stay outside.

12. Who plans on benefiting from the death of the young boy in the story of P'eng?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Aunts.
(d) Cousins.

13. What northern group attacks from the north and loots the city prior to taking over China?
(a) Manchu.
(b) Tang.
(c) Huang.
(d) Matou.

14. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Sleeping with him.
(b) Sleeping with her.
(c) Traveling with him.
(d) Talking to her.

15. Who is dragged out of school and beaten to death in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Lien.
(b) Pin-po.
(c) Ho-to.
(d) Ch'ang.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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