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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. Which of the following is NOT a method of Chinese punishment?
(a) Community service.
(b) Cangue.
(c) Beating.
(d) Murder.

2. When does Huang go to Jen's house to examine evidence?
(a) That night.
(b) Next evening.
(c) That morning.
(d) Next day.

3. When could a Chinese husband kill a wife according to the law?
(a) If he was angry.
(b) If he found himself another partner.
(c) If he caught his wife having sex.
(d) If he became a concubine.

4. What is considered less valuable than a killer?
(a) Adulterous wife.
(b) Lucky man.
(c) Good looking man.
(d) Rich woman.

5. What decreases the sentence against the killer of Jen's wife?
(a) Her money.
(b) His good luck.
(c) Her adultery.
(d) His good looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under Chinese law, what is Jen supposed to do with his wife?

2. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

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

4. What does Jen's wife do with another man?

5. Who is locked up after the alibi is proven about the supposed murderer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Wang's surreal dream.

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

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

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

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

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

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