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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. Who is arrested as being guilty of killing Jen's wife?
2. Whose nephew starts up a gang that attacks Ts'ui?
3. When Jen's wife is abandoned, what situation does she find herself in?
4. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?
5. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the story that P'u Sung-ling writes about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers?
2. Why is keeping order difficult in T'an-ch'eng County?
3. How does Ts'ui Meng react to a wife murdering her husband and his mother and what does his mother do to appease the situation?
4. What is Chinese law regarding adultery?
5. What does Huang realize about Wang's death from her body?
6. How does Kao defend himself at the trial for the murder of Wang?
7. Describe Ts'ui Meng in The Feud.
8. What does he monk urge Ts'ui Meng to do for his own safety?
9. What is the sad story P'u Sung-ling tells about a young woman and a nobleman?
10. Why is Wang in a desperate situation after her lover leaves her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the book. Cite an example to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Spence describes the practice of forced labor in T'ang-Chen. What are the conditions of forced labor? How does forced labor maintain the status quo in Imperial China? What rights do forced laborers have or lack? What freedoms, restrictions, and rules do they have?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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