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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 people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?
(a) Run.
(b) Stay outside.
(c) Stay inside.
(d) Hide.

2. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

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

4. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.
(a) Sexual affairs.
(b) Fruit collections.
(c) Funeral expenses.
(d) Platonic relationships.

5. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
(a) Ma-t'ou.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) T'ang-ch'eng.

Short Answer Questions

1. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?

2. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?

3. In the second magic story, what does a man who falls asleep dream of?

4. Who does the young boy see leading government officials in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?

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