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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 Jen doing to his wife as she is dreaming?

2. What is Jen's wife buried in?

3. What happened to the man who was beaten that Ts'ui and his mother met?

4. When Jen's wife tears the sleeping mat, what does she do?

5. How far away is T'an-ch'eng from Jen's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kao made to pay for Wang's burial?

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

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

4. What is Chinese law regarding adultery?

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

6. Describe Ts'ui Meng in The Feud.

7. Why is keeping order difficult in T'an-ch'eng County?

8. How does Jen place the blame of Wang's death on Kao?

9. What does Huang discover at Jen's house?

10. Describe the family conflict around P'u Sung-ling's marriage.

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

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

How is sexuality portrayed in the story of Woman Wang? When is it acceptable to be sexual and to whom in Chinese society at the time? When is sexual freedom punished by the law? Describe in relationship to the fictional stories presented by P'u Sung-ling and the real life story of the Woman Wang.

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