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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. Jen is a poor man who marries a woman called _______.
(a) Huai.
(b) Wang.
(c) Tao.
(d) Ts'ui-hsien.

2. Who is Jen's neighbor who sees Jen's wife when she is hiding?
(a) Kao.
(b) Hichi.
(c) Tao.
(d) Huang.

3. Who is the magistrate overseeing the case of the murder?
(a) Ts'ao.
(b) Hissu.
(c) Kao.
(d) Huang.

4. How does the man who came to judge Ts'ui for his crime know him?
(a) He was the young refugee boy.
(b) He was the son of a widow.
(c) He was a friend of the family.
(d) He was the Taoist monk.

5. When Huang goes to Jen's house, what does he notice about the mat?
(a) Ripped.
(b) Strong.
(c) Colorful.
(d) Long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rescues Ts'ui's wife who is captured in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

2. Who forms a band of villagers for mutual defense against the robbers?

3. Who makes himself the law and uses his violent abilities to right what he sees as injustices in one of P'u Sung-ling's stories?

4. Jen's wife is an _________.

5. Who does Jen's wife see with a tumor sticking out of him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jen place the blame of Wang's death on Kao?

2. What does Huang discover at Jen's house?

3. What is the sad story P'u Sung-ling tells about a young woman and a nobleman?

4. What is the story that P'u Sung-ling writes about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers?

5. What is Chinese law regarding adultery?

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

7. How does Kao get involved in Jen and Wang's marital dspute at the temple?

8. Why is Jen able to survive the beating?

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

10. What happened when Wang woke up from her dream?

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