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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?
(a) T'ang-Ch'en.
(b) T'ang-Liu.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) Huang Liu-hung.

2. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) Lee-huang.
(b) Corvee.
(c) Lin-yu.
(d) Yu-yu.

3. The majority of people rebel against what Emperor?
(a) Liu.
(b) Manchu.
(c) Yu-yu.
(d) Tseng-yu.

4. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?
(a) With magic.
(b) Via a storm.
(c) With edible thistles.
(d) Through an emergency shelter.

5. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) A jar.
(b) A peach.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ting arrested?

2. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?

3. What are the two major crops in Peking during the heavy snowfall described in Huang's story?

4. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?

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