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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What subject is some of the widows knowledgeable about?
(a) Science.
(b) Religion.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Law.

5. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) In a garden.
(b) Behind a fan.
(c) Above the stairs.
(d) Below a box.

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

7. Who attacks the couple and have to be stopped by magic?
(a) Tribal people.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Refugees.

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

9. 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.

10. By the Chinese law, what does the boy's killer receive in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Strangling.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Bribe.
(d) Death sentence.

11. From whom does the young girl learn magical powers in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Sect leader.

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

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

14. What is complicated and difficult to follow in Chinese society regarding inheritance?
(a) Chinese law.
(b) Tax code.
(c) Invasion.
(d) Murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two major crops in Peking during the heavy snowfall described in Huang's story?

2. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?

3. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?

4. Who does Ting confess his love to?

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

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