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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman Who Ran Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?
(a) Population.
(b) Corvee.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Productivity.

2. What does a rich bandit give the couple?
(a) 4,000 taels.
(b) 2,000 taels.
(c) 1,000 taels.
(d) 3,000 taels.

3. Who does Ts'ui Meng adopt for a year?
(a) Young boy.
(b) Slave child.
(c) Young girl.
(d) Peddler.

4. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Their nephew.
(c) Their son.
(d) Their niece.

5. What famous philosopher has ties to T'ang-ch'eng?
(a) Tseng-yu.
(b) Confucius.
(c) P'u Sung-ling.
(d) Yu-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is jealous of P'u Sung-ling's new wife?

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

3. What is a county in Northeastern China, in the province of Shantung?

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

5. When Jen fights with the neighbor, where does his wife go?

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