1. Bai Su and Xiao Quin were two snake spirits who transformed themselves into human women. Bai married a poor herbalist, Xu Xian. Fa Hai, a powerful Taoist monk, after trying in vain to convince Xu to rid himself of such a wife, finally managed to imprison Bai

   A)  in a hollow tree trunk beside Broken Bridge

   B)  in a cave on Thunder Mountain

   C)  in a temple alms bowl in Leifeng Pagoda

2. The Chinese goddess Jun Di lives where?

   A)  on Venus

   B)  in the Pole Star

   C)  on the Moon

3. In Chinese folklore, the Yaoquai are malevolent animal spirits who have embraced Taoism in order to gain magical powers with the intent of acquiring eventual immortality and its subsequent deification. These demons attempt to accomplish their ends by

   A)  the abduction and consumption of a holy man

   B)  the ravishings of virgins

   C)  insinuating themselves into monasteries as monks

4. Shoki the Demon Queller trained as a doctor during the Tang dynasty. Despite being the best canditate for the position of Royal Physician, he was rejected because

   A)  he was a womanizer

   B)  he was a drunkard

   C)  he was really ugly

5. This rejection caused Shoki to commit suicide right in front of the Emperor, who then felt bad about his judgement of such a fine doctor and order that the physician be buried in the manner of royals. For this honour, Shoki’s spirit promised to

   A)  protect the Emperor from plagues

   B)  protect the emperor from demons

   C)  ensure that the royal women would not die in childbirth

6. In Japan, Oni are demons who take on human shape. Seldom seen, they are best known for causing

   A)  earthquakes

   B)  fires

   C)  floods

7. Benten, the beautiful Japanese goddess of love, eloquence, wisdom, the arts, music, knowledge, good fortune and water is usually depicted riding a

   A)  crane

   B)  dragon

   C)  white horse

8. Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning and the arts, is the consort of

   A)  Shiva

   B)  Brahma

   C)  Vishnu

9. Varaha, Vishnu in his boar avatar, rescued the earth from the bottom of the ocean where it had been taken by the Asura (demon) called

   A)  Hiranyaksha

   B)  Mitra

   C)  Varuna

10. A demon or unrighteous spirit is known as a rakhshasa in Hinduism. There are many kinds and some are not quite as bad as others. The ten-headed king of the rakshasas was called

   A)  Jatasura

   B)  Narantaka

   C)  Ravena