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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. What is the punishment for the murderer apart from beating?
(a) Being castrated.
(b) Wearing a cangue.
(c) Being imprisoned.
(d) Cutting out his tongue.

2. Where does Jen dump the body after he hears the village watchmen?
(a) Kao's house.
(b) Snow.
(c) Huang's house.
(d) Swing.

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

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

5. How old is P'u Sung-ling when his father contracts a marriage for him?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Huang goes to Jen's house, what does he notice about the mat?

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

3. Who does Ts'ui Meng talk to that his mother helped?

4. What does Jen claim a man did to take his wife from him?

5. With the lack of public order and security, what is a big problem in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chinese law regarding adultery?

2. What happened when Wang woke up from her dream?

3. Describe the family conflict around P'u Sung-ling's marriage.

4. How does Kao get involved in Jen and Wang's marital dspute at the temple?

5. What does he monk urge Ts'ui Meng to do for his own safety?

6. Why is keeping order difficult in T'an-ch'eng County?

7. What does Huang discover at Jen's house?

8. How does Li protect Ts'ui Meng's wife?

9. Describe Ts'ui Meng in The Feud.

10. What is Jen's punishment for killing his wife?

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