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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. 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?
(a) Ts'ui Meng.
(b) P'u Sung-ling.
(c) Li Chen.
(d) Din Dan.

2. After the death of his wife, where does Jen and his father walk?
(a) Municipal waterhouse.
(b) County seat.
(c) Underground tavern.
(d) Court trial.

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

4. P'u Sung-ling told a story about a woman who had a relationship with a nobleman and was pregnant. What happened to her?
(a) She fell in love.
(b) She married him.
(c) She was abandoned.
(d) She died.

5. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?
(a) A bench.
(b) A library stool.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A swing.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the lack of public order and security, what is a big problem in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

2. Jen's wife is an _________.

3. Which of the following is NOT a method of Chinese punishment?

4. What does Jen claim a man did to take his wife from him?

5. How cold is it the night that Jen quarrels with his wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do many women do after their husbands die in China?

3. Why is Jen able to survive the beating?

4. 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?

5. What does Li do to avenge the death of Wang's wife?

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

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

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

9. Why is Kao made to pay for Wang's burial?

10. What does he monk urge Ts'ui Meng to do for his own safety?

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