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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rescues Ts'ui's wife who is captured in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Huang.
(b) Wang.
(c) Tao.
(d) Li.

2. In China, often women did not have rights and were sold as __________.
(a) Concubines.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Runners.
(d) Soldiers.

3. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Feedshis mother.
(c) Beats his wife.
(d) Calls the police.

4. Who is Ts'ui Meng supposed to become friends with in order to save his life when he has committed too many crimes?
(a) Taoist monk.
(b) Slave girl.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Refugee.

5. What strong impulse do women have about the family in times of death or stress?
(a) Fight back.
(b) Kill themselves.
(c) Maintain family honor.
(d) Be happy.

6. When Jen's wife is abandoned, what situation does she find herself in?
(a) Happy.
(b) Rich.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Lonely.

7. Jen is a poor man who marries a woman called _______.
(a) Wang.
(b) Tao.
(c) Ts'ui-hsien.
(d) Huai.

8. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?
(a) A bench.
(b) A library stool.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A swing.

9. How cold is it the night that Jen quarrels with his wife?
(a) 20 degrees.
(b) 10 degrees.
(c) 30 degrees.
(d) 0 degrees.

10. Who is the local farmer who steps over the adjoining Wang land boundary with his livestock?
(a) Yu Piao.
(b) Li Tung-chen.
(c) Wang Dang.
(d) Kuan Ming-yo.

11. Who is the magistrate overseeing the case of the murder?
(a) Huang.
(b) Ts'ao.
(c) Kao.
(d) Hissu.

12. When Huang reconstructs the crime, who admits guilt?
(a) Ts'ao.
(b) Jen.
(c) Hissu.
(d) Kao.

13. Why does someone else have to pay burial expenses for Jen's wife?
(a) For hitting Ts'uai.
(b) For hitting Kao.
(c) For hitting Jen.
(d) For hitting Wang.

14. Who was also waiting to attack the adulterous couple according to Jen?
(a) Huang.
(b) Ts'ao.
(c) Kao.
(d) Jen.

15. Who is jealous of P'u Sung-ling's new wife?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Wives of brothers.
(c) Husbands of sisters.
(d) Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ts'ui-hsien's husband goes to jail, what happens to him?

2. What kind of a dream does Jen's wife have?

3. What is a job that Jen's wife can do as a single woman?

4. Who does Ts'ui and his mother meet when traveling who is being restrained and beaten?

5. What does Jen's wife do with another man?

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