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48 Chinese 252 2ND MIDTERM PART | I certify that 1 have neither given nor received aid Fall, 2009 on this examination. NAME___ SIGNED_ (print) B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (30 points). Do any 15 of the following questions. To aid correction, please put an X or some other sign next to all items that you either do not do or do not want counted. 1, Yué Yi was entrusted by King Zhao of Yan with the task of leading a multi-state force against: a) Qin “ByQi c) Wu d) Chi 2. WHO said the following TO WHOM: “A wily rabbit maintains three burrows, and only then is it barely able to escape with its life?” (/ido th you san ki, jin dé mian qi si ér. RRA=B > SSREIEA) Sif ( \ V3NYi B6 YA was known for: (a) Swordsmanship \ b) thusicianship ) prophetic ability d) oratorical ability a 4. What great strategic mistake is associated with the saying “To become wealthy and famous and then not returm to your native land is like walking around at night while wearing brocade—who would see you?” 5. Who on one occasion was delighted to discover that you can destroy an enemy state by using a river to flood its capital city? a) Stn Wa b) Zhao Xiangzi ¢) the count of Zhi d) Zhao Willing 6. Whose tomb, in Sutyuan Province, is said to be forever green, though surrounded by desert? /a) Wang Zhaojin b) La Zhai c) Hua Mulan d) XT Sht “7. With whom is the following statement associated: “All the world is muddy and I alone am pure! All the world is drunk, and I alone am sober! And for this I was banished!” 9), 8. The main personage in the national poem of Vietnam is: a) a gifted beauty with a bitter destiny; b)a brave general with enemies at court; c) a talented poet overwhelmed with physical infirmities; d)a rebellious officer who commits suicide when his intentions are discovered a) the Spring and Autumn era; b) the sion (Six Dynasties) The Parable of the Peach Blossom Spring was composed during: Warring States era; /c) the Han; ("d) the Period of North-South Di V10. Sim Qian is generally regarded as the chief author of: 1) Shijing 2) Zhanguécé 3) Zudzhuan ( AY Shit 11. Yan was in: a) northeast China b) northwest China c) southwest China d) southeast China 12. The notations of events that make up the text of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chingia), were made in the state of: a) Qi; b) LU; c}Zhdu d) Zhéng 13. Si Qin was originally from: a) Qi b) Chi c) the Zhou royal domain d) Qin v14. Who, foreseeing his own imminent destruction, extemporized a song in which he bade farewell to his horse Dapple and his concubine Lady Yu? ‘mA W) \ A 
