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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. Who visits an old woman who is spinning in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Young man.
(b) Young woman.
(c) Old priest.
(d) Old man.

2. How many males does T'an-ch'eng have to provide for forced labor at one time?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

3. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Aunts.
(d) Uncles.

4. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?
(a) Guns.
(b) Silver.
(c) People.
(d) Gold.

5. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?
(a) Air conditioning bill.
(b) Electric bill.
(c) Tax burden.
(d) Drought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lacks an heir after the death of the young boy in the Woman P'eng story?

2. By the Chinese law, what does the boy's killer receive in the Woman P'eng story?

3. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?

4. From whom does the young girl learn magical powers in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

5. What is a county in Northeastern China, in the province of Shantung?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that P'eng's husband's relatives make up in order to attack Lien?

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

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

4. What is the story of The Fighting Cricket?

5. What happened in the story of the man falling asleep and dreaming?

6. What magic does Hsiao-erh practice to escape with Ting and to survive the bandits?

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

8. What is the pao-chia system?

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

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

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