A) Han dynasty B) Qing dynasty C) Tang dynasty D) Ming dynasty
A) Ruzhong B) Wú Chéng'ēn C) Lianshui D) Huai'an
A) Jiangsu B) Nanjing C) Changxing D) Beijing
A) Mandarin B) Scholar C) Artisan D) Merchant
A) Romance of the Three Kingdoms B) Journey to the West C) The Dream of the Red Chamber D) Water Margin
A) 1582 B) 1592 C) 1500 D) 1625
A) He wanted to keep his identity a secret B) He was forbidden by the emperor C) He did not write the book D) Fiction was considered vulgar literature
A) Arthur Waley B) David Lattimore C) Hu Shih D) W. J. F. Jenner
A) Wade-Giles B) Jyutping C) Classical Chinese D) Vernacular tongue
A) Yes B) No C) He had one daughter D) He had two sons
A) Became a hermit B) Spent his life writing stories and poems C) Traveled the world D) Entered the imperial university
A) A 1625 gazetteer B) Testimony from the emperor C) Letters from Wu Cheng'en D) A signed manuscript
A) Wu Cheng'en was illiterate B) The gazetteer mentions a work, but not necessarily the novel C) The novel was written after 1625 D) The gazetteer is a known forgery
A) It is based on Wu's personal experiences in Beijing B) It could have been known by a well-read commoner C) It is entirely fictional D) It required specialized government knowledge
A) Huai'an B) Changxing C) Nanjing D) Beijing
A) A Digest of Ming Poetry B) A Record of Ming Poetry C) A Record of the Tripods of Emperor Yu D) Remaining Manuscripts of Mr. Sheyang
A) Remaining Manuscripts of Mr. Sheyang B) A Digest of Ming Poetry C) A Record of Ming Poetry D) A Record of the Tripods of Emperor Yu
A) Four B) Eight C) Six D) Two
A) A royal historian B) Wu Cheng'en himself C) A family member D) A contemporary poet
A) Vulgar B) Classical C) Gentle D) Stubborn
A) Literature B) Religion C) Corruption D) Tradition
A) Ancient B) Supernatural C) Defiant D) Submissive
A) Li Bai B) Du Fu C) Su Shi D) Wang Wei |