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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 is cruelly enforced in the countryside more than the city according to the magistrate?
2. What skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
3. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
4. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?
5. Who is just a stand-in for the rights of a son in the story of P'eng?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do many widows do to raise their children?
2. How does Hsiao-erh save the the people in the village from drought and famine?
3. What happened in the story of the man falling asleep and dreaming?
4. What does Huang Liu-hung find most disturbing about the people in his county?
5. What is the challenge that P'eng faces after her husband dies in the story of Woman P'eng?
6. What magic does Hsiao-erh practice to escape with Ting and to survive the bandits?
7. What is the pressure put on widows regarding marriage?
8. What is the funny story involving a fox and a rebellion that P'u Sung-ling tells?
9. What is the pao-chia system?
10. Describe the snowfall and its effect on the farmers in T'an-ch'eng in 1671.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Spence is a master at dramatic devices. Describe the symbolism, metaphors, and irony present in Wang's dream and identify the technique which they embody.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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