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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 2000 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

2. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?
(a) His magistrate.
(b) His spirit medium.
(c) A married couple.
(d) His fox spirit.

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

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

5. How many males does T'an-ch'eng have to provide for forced labor at one time?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

2. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

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

4. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

5. What is another name for sorghum?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe corvee in T'an-ch'eng in the 1640s.

2. What is the story about the old widow and her fantasy that P'u Sung-ling shares?

3. What is the temptation that arose from the complex Chinese legal code about marriage and widows?

4. Describe the story of the boy and the magical trick.

5. What do many widows do to raise their children?

6. Describe the earthquake in T'ang-Ch'en in 1668.

7. What happens after the Manchus take power in T'an-ch'eng in 1644?

8. What is the pressure put on widows regarding marriage?

9. How does Hsiao-erh save the the people in the village from drought and famine?

10. Describe Hsi-liu and her struggle with Ch'ang fu.

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