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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the two major crops in Peking during the heavy snowfall described in Huang's story?
(a) Sorghum and potatoes.
(b) Sorghum and barley.
(c) Sorghum and beets.
(d) Winter wheat and sorghum.

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

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

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) Widow.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Father.
(d) Son.

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

8. Who is educated to read and write by her scholar father and then struggles to raise two boys in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Huang.
(b) Ch'ang-fu.
(c) Hsi-liu.
(d) Ch'ang-hu.

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

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

11. Who took over China in 1644?
(a) Ching Dynasty.
(b) Ling Dynasty.
(c) T'an-ch'eng.
(d) Yu-yu Dynasty.

12. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) With a fox spirit.
(b) With a magistrate.
(c) With drugs.
(d) With magical spirits.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?

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

3. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?

4. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. Who visits an old woman who is spinning in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

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