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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 does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Traveling with him.
(b) Sleeping with her.
(c) Sleeping with him.
(d) Talking to her.

2. What is the name of the Revolution described in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) White Lotus.
(b) Hsiao-erh.
(c) Ting.
(d) Hung.

3. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.
(a) Funeral expenses.
(b) Sexual affairs.
(c) Platonic relationships.
(d) Fruit collections.

4. From what position is Feng fired?
(a) Taoist mystic.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Public officer.
(d) Marshall.

5. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Manchu roads.
(b) Chin-Chon roads.
(c) Kaoling roads.
(d) Imperial roads.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?

2. What does the younger son end up becoming after going to jail in "Hsi-liu?"

3. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?

4. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?

5. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hsiao-erh save the the people in the village from drought and famine?

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

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

4. What does Huang Liu-hung find most disturbing about the people in his county?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the pressure put on widows regarding marriage?

10. Describe the earthquake in T'ang-Ch'en in 1668.

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