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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacks the couple and have to be stopped by magic?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Tribal people.
(d) Aliens.

2. Who is dragged out of school and beaten to death in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Ch'ang.
(b) Ho-to.
(c) Lien.
(d) Pin-po.

3. What is set off in the hills by a servant to divert the robbers while rescuing Ts'ui's wife in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Flame.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Lights.
(d) Sounds.

4. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Huang.
(b) Hsi-liu.
(c) Ch'ang-fu.
(d) Ch'ang-hu.

5. Who does the widower take as a new wife after his wife is murdered in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Peddler.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Slave girl.
(d) Merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nominates a new heir for P'eng?

2. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?

3. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?

4. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?

5. What is the exam that the sons of widows need to pass?

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