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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the naive and uneducated head man of the village driven to while trying to pay tax?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Tears.
(d) Town.

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

3. What act does the official consider morally evil and degrading that many people in China are doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Fornicating.

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

5. What system is used to maintain public order, police functions, and militia defense to deal with attacks by bandits in Huang's story?
(a) Manchu.
(b) Chin-Chon.
(c) Pao-chia.
(d) Imperial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the widow force the lazy person to do in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

2. What is complicated and difficult to follow in Chinese society regarding inheritance?

3. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?

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

5. Who does Ting confess his love to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of loot does the Manchu army take in 1643?

2. What is the story about the old widow and her fantasy that P'u Sung-ling shares?

3. Describe the story of the boy and the magical trick.

4. What is the challenge that P'eng faces after her husband dies in the story of Woman P'eng?

5. Describe Hsiao-erh and Ting's relationship.

6. What do many widows do to raise their children?

7. Describe Huang's relationship with local landlords and unpaid taxes.

8. Describe the snowfall and its effect on the farmers in T'an-ch'eng in 1671.

9. Describe Huang Liu-hung's work as an official for the county.

10. Describe Hsi-liu and her struggle with Ch'ang fu.

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