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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What famous philosopher has ties to T'ang-ch'eng?
(a) P'u Sung-ling.
(b) Yu-yu.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Tseng-yu.

3. Who is just a stand-in for the rights of a son in the story of P'eng?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Father.
(c) Niece.
(d) Widow.

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

5. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?
(a) Tseng-yu.
(b) Yu-yu.
(c) Confucius.
(d) P'u Sung-ling.

6. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?
(a) Corvee.
(b) Levees.
(c) Cost of gold.
(d) Tax rates.

7. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) 2000 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 400 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

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

9. Who nominates a new heir for P'eng?
(a) Husband's clan.
(b) Husband's stepson.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her sister.

10. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?
(a) His fox spirit.
(b) His spirit medium.
(c) His magistrate.
(d) A married couple.

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

12. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?
(a) Their niece.
(b) Their son.
(c) Their daughter.
(d) Their nephew.

13. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Wind.
(c) Water.
(d) Sun.

14. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
(a) Ma-t'ou.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) T'ang-ch'eng.

15. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?
(a) People.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?

2. What is cruelly enforced in the countryside more than the city according to the magistrate?

3. What do the young couple set up as a new occupation after Ting is freed by a large bribe?

4. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"

5. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?

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