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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. When a husband died or even castrated himself, women often did what in China?
(a) Remarried.
(b) Gave up.
(c) Committed suicide.
(d) Fought them.

2. What is the intense violence in the story of P'u Sung-ling's personal life centered around?
(a) Family.
(b) Monks.
(c) Land.
(d) Business.

3. When Jen's wife is abandoned, what situation does she find herself in?
(a) Rich.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Happy.
(d) Desperate.

4. When P'u Sung-ling wrote about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers, what did she set on fire?
(a) Bedding.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Their clothes.
(d) Her house.

5. What does Ts'ui-hsien suspect about the man who wants to marry her?
(a) He has bad habits.
(b) He is a liar.
(c) He is rich.
(d) He is a beggar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is set off in the hills by a servant to divert the robbers while rescuing Ts'ui's wife in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

2. Who has an alibi on the night of the murder of Jen's wife?

3. In the "Local History," women remained loyal to their husbands. What did they try to avoid from soldiers?

4. Who does the widower take as a new wife after his wife is murdered in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

5. Who ends up becoming Li's servant for a year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ts'ui Meng react to a wife murdering her husband and his mother and what does his mother do to appease the situation?

2. Why is Wang in a desperate situation after her lover leaves her?

3. How does Li protect Ts'ui Meng's wife?

4. How does Kao defend himself at the trial for the murder of Wang?

5. How does Ts'ui-hsien outwit her husband through magic?

6. Describe Wang's surreal dream.

7. What is Jen's punishment for killing his wife?

8. Describe the family conflict around P'u Sung-ling's marriage.

9. Describe Ts'ui Meng in The Feud.

10. How does the boy that Ts'ui Meng befriended rescue him?

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