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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the widow with the two sons run well in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
2. What does a rich bandit give the couple?
3. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?
4. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?
5. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Huang Liu-hung say about the peasant misery in the famine?
2. What does Huang Liu-hung find most disturbing about the people in his county?
3. Describe Hsi-liu and her struggle with Ch'ang fu.
4. What magic does Hsiao-erh practice to escape with Ting and to survive the bandits?
5. What is the story about the old widow and her fantasy that P'u Sung-ling shares?
6. How does Hsiao-erh save the the people in the village from drought and famine?
7. Describe corvee in T'an-ch'eng in the 1640s.
8. Describe the story of the boy and the magical trick.
9. How is Feng K'o-t'san described in Chapter 1, the Observers?
10. What kind of loot does the Manchu army take in 1643?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the story of Ts'ui Meng, Ts'ui Meng kills a woman who tortured and killed her mother-in-law and also her husband. Is he justified in his action? Was he just? Did Ts'ui Meng have the right to take the law into his own hands? What character traits are revealed by his actions?
Essay Topic 2
Describe some of the settings for The Death of Woman Wang. What was the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. How did these settings reflect the time period and culture of 17th century China?
Essay Topic 3
Spence gives the example of the bandits who take over power in different parts of China. Who are the bandits? How are they violent? Why are people afraid of them? The bandits take over control and seize what they desire when they want it. What does this reveal about their nature? Are they sadistic? Why or why not?
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