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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. The majority of people rebel against what Emperor?
(a) Manchu.
(b) Tseng-yu.
(c) Liu.
(d) Yu-yu.

2. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?
(a) The Chinese Cricket.
(b) The Fighting Cricket.
(c) The Cricket Tax.
(d) The Game Cricket.

3. What does the widow force the lazy person to do in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Count sheep.
(b) Fight men.
(c) Work in the fields.
(d) Herd pigs.

4. In "Hsi-liu," how old is the widow when she is forced to raise two sons on her own?
(a) 45.
(b) 35.
(c) 55.
(d) 25.

5. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?
(a) Their son.
(b) Their daughter.
(c) Their niece.
(d) Their nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?

2. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

3. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

4. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the heavy demands of the tax system in the 1640s in T'an-ch'eng.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What kind of loot does the Manchu army take in 1643?

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

10. What is the pao-chia system?

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