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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. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?
2. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
3. In "Hsi-liu," who has difficulty learning to read?
4. Who does not understand the law and thinks it is more convoluted that it is in fact in the Woman P'eng story?
5. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Hsi-liu and her struggle with Ch'ang fu.
2. Describe Hsi-liu and her struggle with Ch'ang hu.
3. What do many widows do to raise their children?
4. What happens after the Manchus take power in T'an-ch'eng in 1644?
5. What did Huang Liu-hung say about the peasant misery in the famine?
6. Describe the story of the boy and the magical trick.
7. What kind of loot does the Manchu army take in 1643?
8. Describe the earthquake in T'ang-Ch'en in 1668.
9. What does Huang Liu-hung find most disturbing about the people in his county?
10. Describe the heavy demands of the tax system in the 1640s in T'an-ch'eng.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Freedom was a recurring theme in The Death of Woman Wang. Who was free? Who lacked freedom? What constricted freedom? How did Wang gain or lose freedom? Which authorities controlled access to freedom and in what ways? Did Wang need a purpose in life to be free? Discuss.
Essay Topic 3
In T'ang-Chen in the 1640s, what creates impoverished conditions for the peasants? What freedom do the peasants lack? What choices do they have? What choices do they make?
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