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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Li Sao: An Elegy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is supposedly the cause of the "Mongolian spot" on some Chinese babies?
(a) The Mongolian spot indicates the child has a disease.
(b) Tu Tzu-chun is kicked in the rear to get him through the birth canal.
(c) The Mongolian spot is a bruise left by the doctor during birth of Chinese babies.
(d) The Mongolian spot is the mark of an immortal.

2. What is the result of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act?
(a) It distributed 18,000 visas that had not been used.
(b) It allowed merchant wives to enter the country.
(c) It restricted immigration into the United States.
(d) It allowed thousands of Hong Kong parolees to enter the U.S.

3. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
(a) slowing down the pace of walking
(b) running quickly by
(c) speeding up the pace of walking
(d) stopping to tie shoe laces

4. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) Kingston says he feeds like an aristocrat.
(b) Kingston says the meal lasts a long while.
(c) Kingston says that the young man hears a deer cry.
(d) Kingston describes the disgusting way that the young man eats.

5. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?
(a) sew Tang's lips shut
(b) pin Tang's ears to his head
(c) pierce Tang's tongue
(d) pierce Tang's ears

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the contents of the Wild Man's bag which is made from a pair of pants?

2. Why does Great Aunt get herself smuggled into Hong Kong?

3. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?

4. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?

5. What does Ch'u Yuan decide to do once he accepts that he cannot return home?

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