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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. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Behind a fan.
(b) Below a box.
(c) In a garden.
(d) Above the stairs.

2. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
(a) Ma-t'ou.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) T'ang-ch'eng.
(d) Feng K'o-t'san.

3. Who does not understand the law and thinks it is more convoluted that it is in fact in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Widow.
(b) Father.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Son.

4. Who is dragged out of school and beaten to death in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Pin-po.
(b) Ch'ang.
(c) Ho-to.
(d) Lien.

5. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Hsi-liu.
(b) Huang.
(c) Ch'ang-fu.
(d) Ch'ang-hu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the killer of the boy expect as he claims the murder was revenge in the Woman P'eng story?

2. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?

3. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?

4. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"

5. What does the couple use to elope?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Feng K'o-t'san described in Chapter 1, the Observers?

6. Describe Hsi-liu and her struggle with Ch'ang hu.

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. What do many widows do to raise their children?

10. What happens after the Manchus take power in T'an-ch'eng in 1644?

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