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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a husband died or even castrated himself, women often did what in China?
(a) Fought them.
(b) Remarried.
(c) Gave up.
(d) Committed suicide.

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

3. After who dies does Ts'ui confess his murder?
(a) Mother.
(b) Friend.
(c) Brother.
(d) Father.

4. 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) P'u Sung-ling.
(b) Din Dan.
(c) Ts'ui Meng.
(d) Li Chen.

5. What happens to Ts'ui-hsien's husband when he enters his wife's mother's home?
(a) He is in the lap of luxury.
(b) He is justified in killing his wife.
(c) He falls down a cliff.
(d) He hurts himself.

6. Who kills the murderer that was protected by correct officials?
(a) Li.
(b) Tao.
(c) Wang.
(d) Huang.

7. Jen's wife is an _________.
(a) Killer.
(b) Orphan.
(c) Concubine.
(d) Atheist.

8. What strong impulse do women have about the family in times of death or stress?
(a) Be happy.
(b) Kill themselves.
(c) Fight back.
(d) Maintain family honor.

9. What is considered less valuable than a killer?
(a) Lucky man.
(b) Good looking man.
(c) Adulterous wife.
(d) Rich woman.

10. Who does Ts'ui and his mother meet when traveling who is being restrained and beaten?
(a) Ban.
(b) Chin.
(c) Wang.
(d) Li.

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

12. When is Jen's wife's supposed killer brought to trial?
(a) Two days after being accused.
(b) Four days after being accused.
(c) Three days after being accused.
(d) Five days after being accused.

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

14. What is Jen doing to his wife as she is dreaming?
(a) Mocking her.
(b) Talking to her.
(c) Strangling her.
(d) Dancing with her.

15. Who does the widower take as a new wife after his wife is murdered in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Slave girl.
(d) Peddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do P'u Sung-ling and his wife receive from his father to start their new life?

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 is the local farmer who steps over the adjoining Wang land boundary with his livestock?

4. Who rescues Ts'ui's wife who is captured in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

5. What does Jen's wife's supposed killer admit to doing?

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