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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 ends up becoming Li's servant for a year?

2. How old is P'u Sung-ling when his father contracts a marriage for him?

3. What is the punishment for the murderer apart from beating?

4. When is Jen's wife's supposed killer brought to trial?

5. Which of the following is NOT a method of Chinese punishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Jen's punishment lessened and what does it say about the Chinese system?

3. How does the boy that Ts'ui Meng befriended rescue him?

4. What happened when Wang woke up from her dream?

5. What is the sad story P'u Sung-ling tells about a young woman and a nobleman?

6. What does Huang realize about Wang's death from her body?

7. How does Li protect Ts'ui Meng's wife?

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

9. What is the conflict between a local farmer and another Wang family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Natural disasters occurred throughout the narrative.. How did these events impact Huang and in what ways? Describe, giving examples of observations he made about T'ang-Ch'eng.

Essay Topic 3

Spence's book covers primarily a third-person narrative with some stories interwoven. Do you find this style choppy? Why or why not? Is it comprehensive? Does it flow well?

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