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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 town that is looted by bandits?
(a) North-South Grand.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) T'ang-Ch'en.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

2. What northern group attacks from the north and loots the city prior to taking over China?
(a) Matou.
(b) Huang.
(c) Tang.
(d) Manchu.

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

4. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?
(a) A married couple.
(b) His spirit medium.
(c) His fox spirit.
(d) His magistrate.

5. What does the widow with the two sons run well in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Home.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Bar.
(d) Family business.

Short Answer Questions

1. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?

2. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?

3. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?

4. Who visits an old woman who is spinning in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

5. What system is used to maintain public order, police functions, and militia defense to deal with attacks by bandits in Huang's story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the story of The Fighting Cricket?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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