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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, the Observers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Below a box.
(b) Above the stairs.
(c) Behind a fan.
(d) In a garden.

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

3. What is the town that is looted by bandits?
(a) North-South Grand.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) T'ang-Ch'en.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

4. What is a county in Northeastern China, in the province of Shantung?
(a) T'ang-Liu.
(b) T'ang-Ch'en.
(c) T'ang-Huang.
(d) T'ang-Canal.

5. What skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Singer.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Violinist.
(d) Ventriloquist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?

3. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?

4. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?

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

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