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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Widow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the young couple set up as a new occupation after Ting is freed by a large bribe?
(a) Shoe shop.
(b) Herbal shop.
(c) Tax accountancy firm.
(d) Glass factory.

2. What do the young couple buy for themselves after they elope?
(a) Drugs and supplies.
(b) A house and animals.
(c) Farm and implements.
(d) Furniture and clothes.

3. What does the couple use to elope?
(a) Animals.
(b) Magical kites.
(c) Broomsticks.
(d) Locusts.

4. In "Hsi-liu," how old is the widow when she is forced to raise two sons on her own?
(a) 55.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) 45.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks the couple and have to be stopped by magic?

2. What is another name for sorghum?

3. Who is dragged out of school and beaten to death in the Woman P'eng story?

4. What famous philosopher has ties to T'ang-ch'eng?

5. What northern group attacks from the north and loots the city prior to taking over China?

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