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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 is arrested as being guilty of killing Jen's wife?
(a) Ts'ao and her brother.
(b) Huang and his wife.
(c) Jen and his father.
(d) Kao and his wife.

2. In the "Local History," women remained loyal to their husbands. What did they try to avoid from soldiers?
(a) Attack.
(b) Death.
(c) Rape.
(d) Disfiguring.

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

4. Where does Jen's wife go after being abandoned?
(a) Lake.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Temple.
(d) Shelter.

5. What does Jen's wife do with another man?
(a) Works.
(b) Fights.
(c) Kills.
(d) Runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ts'ui and his mother meet when traveling who is being restrained and beaten?

2. Who murders the cruel wife with a knife who starved her mother-in-law in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

3. Where does Jen dump the body after he hears the village watchmen?

4. When Jen's wife's body is examined, what is noticed about her?

5. How does the man who came to judge Ts'ui for his crime know him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ts'ui Meng in The Feud.

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

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

4. Why do you think Spence named the book The Death of Woman Wang?

5. How does Ts'ui Meng try to avenge injustices meted out to Li?

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

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

8. What is the conflict between a local farmer and another Wang family?

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

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

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