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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?
(a) Death.
(b) Famine.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Tornado.

2. What scheme does the husband's relatives have to inherit the widow's property in Woman P'eng?
(a) Kill the son.
(b) Kill the widow.
(c) Kidnap the widow.
(d) Kidnap the son.

3. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Water.
(c) Wind.
(d) Sun.

4. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"
(a) Shooting hoops.
(b) Spinning thread.
(c) Reading fantasy.
(d) Gambling.

5. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?
(a) Widows.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Peddlers.
(d) Thieves.

6. Who visits an old woman who is spinning in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Old priest.
(b) Young woman.
(c) Old man.
(d) Young man.

7. What story is about people who survive through their magical powers?
(a) Hung.
(b) Hsiao-erh.
(c) Ting.
(d) White Lotus.

8. Who is just a stand-in for the rights of a son in the story of P'eng?
(a) Widow.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Niece.
(d) Father.

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

10. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) Yu-yu.
(b) Corvee.
(c) Lee-huang.
(d) Lin-yu.

11. Who does not understand the law and thinks it is more convoluted that it is in fact in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Son.
(b) Widow.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.

12. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?
(a) T'ang-ch'eng.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

13. Who is educated to read and write by her scholar father and then struggles to raise two boys in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Ch'ang-fu.
(b) Ch'ang-hu.
(c) Hsi-liu.
(d) Huang.

14. What northern group attacks from the north and loots the city prior to taking over China?
(a) Huang.
(b) Manchu.
(c) Matou.
(d) Tang.

15. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Sleeping with her.
(b) Sleeping with him.
(c) Traveling with him.
(d) Talking to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?

4. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?

5. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

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