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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the man who came to judge Ts'ui for his crime know him?
(a) He was the son of a widow.
(b) He was a friend of the family.
(c) He was the young refugee boy.
(d) He was the Taoist monk.

2. Where does Jen's wife go after being abandoned?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Lake.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Temple.

3. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Feedshis mother.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Beats his wife.
(d) Runs away.

4. When P'u Sung-ling wrote about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers, what did she set on fire?
(a) Bedding.
(b) Their clothes.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her house.

5. In order to keep the family peace, what does P'u Sung-ling's father have to do?
(a) Send P'u Sung-ling away.
(b) Divide the family household.
(c) Create a white flag.
(d) Hire a tutor.

6. Who is Ts'ui Meng supposed to become friends with in order to save his life when he has committed too many crimes?
(a) Slave girl.
(b) Peddler.
(c) Refugee.
(d) Taoist monk.

7. When Ts'ui-hsien's husband goes to jail, what happens to him?
(a) He works cheaply.
(b) He dies.
(c) He falls in love.
(d) He gains power.

8. In a P'u Sung-ling story, what does a woman do with a peasant in the grass?
(a) Eat food.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Have sex.
(d) Fight.

9. What does Jen's wife's supposed killer admit to doing?
(a) Hitting Ts'ao.
(b) Hitting Kao.
(c) Hitting Jen.
(d) Hitting Huang.

10. After the death of his wife, where does Jen and his father walk?
(a) County seat.
(b) Court trial.
(c) Underground tavern.
(d) Municipal waterhouse.

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

12. In China, often women did not have rights and were sold as __________.
(a) Lovers.
(b) Concubines.
(c) Runners.
(d) Soldiers.

13. Who makes himself the law and uses his violent abilities to right what he sees as injustices in one of P'u Sung-ling's stories?
(a) Ts'ui Meng.
(b) Li Chen.
(c) P'u Sung-ling.
(d) Din Dan.

14. When Huang goes to Jen's house, what does he notice about the mat?
(a) Ripped.
(b) Colorful.
(c) Long.
(d) Strong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the intense violence in the story of P'u Sung-ling's personal life centered around?

2. What is considered less valuable than a killer?

3. Who kills the murderer that was protected by correct officials?

4. Who is Jen's neighbor who sees Jen's wife when she is hiding?

5. What or whom do the people have fear of after the murder case?

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