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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Hsi-liu.
(b) Ch'ang-fu.
(c) Ch'ang-hu.
(d) Huang.

2. What system is used to maintain public order, police functions, and militia defense to deal with attacks by bandits in Huang's story?
(a) Manchu.
(b) Pao-chia.
(c) Chin-Chon.
(d) Imperial.

3. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) Corvee.
(b) Yu-yu.
(c) Lin-yu.
(d) Lee-huang.

4. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?
(a) Productivity.
(b) Corvee.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Population.

5. The majority of people rebel against what Emperor?
(a) Yu-yu.
(b) Tseng-yu.
(c) Liu.
(d) Manchu.

6. What is used for fertilizer for sorghum cultivation in Peking in Huang's story?
(a) Human and animal waste.
(b) Vegetable compost.
(c) Artificial pellets.
(d) Coal and wood pellets.

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

8. In the story of Woman P'eng, what is the name of the young son?
(a) Ho-to.
(b) Pin-po.
(c) Ch'ang.
(d) Lien.

9. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?
(a) Grain.
(b) Labor.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

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

11. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?
(a) 1234.
(b) 1671.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1456.

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

13. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.
(a) Sexual affairs.
(b) Fruit collections.
(c) Funeral expenses.
(d) Platonic relationships.

14. What does the widow with the two sons run well in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Bar.
(c) Family business.
(d) Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young couple buy for themselves after they elope?

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

3. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?

4. In "Hsi-liu," how old is the widow when she is forced to raise two sons on her own?

5. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?

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