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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. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Son.

2. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?
(a) Tribal people.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Refugees.
(d) Bandits.

3. From what position is Feng fired?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Taoist mystic.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Public officer.

4. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1234.
(c) 1671.
(d) 1456.

5. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Daughters.
(c) Sons.
(d) Prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

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

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

4. What does the younger son end up becoming after going to jail in "Hsi-liu?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story that P'eng's husband's relatives make up in order to attack Lien?

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

3. What is the story of The Fighting Cricket?

4. How does a woman's rights compare to that of her son?

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

6. What does Huang Liu-hung find most disturbing about the people in his county?

7. What is the challenge that P'eng faces after her husband dies in the story of Woman P'eng?

8. What did Huang Liu-hung say about the peasant misery in the famine?

9. Describe what happens after the famine in T'ang-Ch'en in 1641.

10. What is the funny story involving a fox and a rebellion that P'u Sung-ling tells?

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