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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 lacks an heir after the death of the young boy in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Ch'ang.
(b) Huang.
(c) Hsi-hu.
(d) P'eng.

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

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

4. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?
(a) Silver.
(b) Grain.
(c) Labor.
(d) Gold.

5. What are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?
(a) Stay inside.
(b) Stay outside.
(c) Hide.
(d) Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the exam that the sons of widows need to pass?

2. In the story of Woman P'eng, what is the name of the young son?

3. Who nominates a new heir for P'eng?

4. According to what custom does a woman return dowry to her husband's family?

5. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does a woman's rights compare to that of her son?

3. Describe corvee in T'an-ch'eng in the 1640s.

4. What did Huang Liu-hung say about the peasant misery in the famine?

5. How does Lien's killer misunderstand the Chinese law?

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

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

8. What is the funny story involving a fox and a rebellion that P'u Sung-ling tells?

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

10. What is the pao-chia system?

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