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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many males does T'an-ch'eng have to provide for forced labor at one time?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 40,000.

3. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Sons.
(c) Daughters.
(d) Prostitutes.

4. What does the couple use to elope?
(a) Animals.
(b) Broomsticks.
(c) Magical kites.
(d) Locusts.

5. What do the young couple buy for themselves after they elope?
(a) Drugs and supplies.
(b) Furniture and clothes.
(c) A house and animals.
(d) Farm and implements.

6. In the second magic story, what does a man who falls asleep dream of?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Books.
(d) Peaches.

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

8. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Sister.
(b) Son.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

9. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?
(a) Magical spirit.
(b) Spirit medium.
(c) Fox spirit.
(d) Magistrate.

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

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

12. In "Hsi-liu," how old is the widow when she is forced to raise two sons on her own?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.

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

14. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"
(a) Shooting hoops.
(b) Spinning thread.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Reading fantasy.

15. Why is Ting arrested?
(a) For magical powers.
(b) His connection to White Lotus.
(c) For ransoming a relative.
(d) For drug possession.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?

3. Who plans on benefiting from the death of the young boy in the story of P'eng?

4. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?

5. What story is about people who survive through their magical powers?

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