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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. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Manchu roads.
(b) Kaoling roads.
(c) Imperial roads.
(d) Chin-Chon roads.

2. From what position is Feng fired?
(a) Public officer.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Taoist mystic.
(d) Magistrate.

3. What are the two major crops in Peking during the heavy snowfall described in Huang's story?
(a) Winter wheat and sorghum.
(b) Sorghum and barley.
(c) Sorghum and beets.
(d) Sorghum and potatoes.

4. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) 2000 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

5. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?
(a) Death.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Famine.
(d) Earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?

2. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?

3. Why is Ting arrested?

4. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

(see the answer key)

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