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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decreases the sentence against the killer of Jen's wife?
(a) Her adultery.
(b) His good looks.
(c) Her money.
(d) His good luck.

2. Who does Ts'ui Meng talk to that his mother helped?
(a) Taoist monk.
(b) Refugee.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Slave girl.

3. Who forms a band of villagers for mutual defense against the robbers?
(a) Li.
(b) Wang.
(c) Tao.
(d) Ts'ui.

4. Who has an alibi on the night of the murder of Jen's wife?
(a) Kao.
(b) Huang.
(c) Jen.
(d) Tsao.

5. With the lack of public order and security, what is a big problem in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Bandits.
(b) Death.
(c) Officers.
(d) Corruption.

6. Who is Jen's neighbor who sees Jen's wife when she is hiding?
(a) Hichi.
(b) Kao.
(c) Huang.
(d) Tao.

7. What is Jen's wife buried in?
(a) Underground cellar.
(b) Mountain grave.
(c) Temple.
(d) Good coffin.

8. Under Chinese law, what is Jen supposed to do with his wife?
(a) Remarry her.
(b) Keep her.
(c) Forgive her.
(d) Throw her out.

9. What happened to the man who was beaten that Ts'ui and his mother met?
(a) He was being punished for stealing.
(b) He was being punished for losing.
(c) He lost his wife in gambling.
(d) He lost his fortune.

10. Who was also waiting to attack the adulterous couple according to Jen?
(a) Huang.
(b) Ts'ao.
(c) Kao.
(d) Jen.

11. When Huang reconstructs the crime, who admits guilt?
(a) Kao.
(b) Ts'ao.
(c) Jen.
(d) Hissu.

12. Who comes to judge Ts'ui for his crime of murder?
(a) Priest.
(b) Bandit.
(c) Monk.
(d) A high official.

13. Who is locked up after the alibi is proven about the supposed murderer?
(a) Kao.
(b) Huang.
(c) Tsao.
(d) Jen.

14. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?
(a) A sofa.
(b) A swing.
(c) A library stool.
(d) A bench.

15. What is the punishment for the murderer apart from beating?
(a) Being imprisoned.
(b) Being castrated.
(c) Wearing a cangue.
(d) Cutting out his tongue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jen is a poor man who marries a woman called _______.

2. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

3. Who defends the alibi of the supposed murderer?

4. Who met a young woman named Ts'ui-hsien at a religious ceremony?

5. Who is arrested as being guilty of killing Jen's wife?

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