Question 1

Foot bindings began in the

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T'ang Dynasty

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Duck Dynasty

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Han Dynasty

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Dynasty Cafe

Question 2

The practice of foot bindings lasted for about

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1,000 years

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10,000 years

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100,000 years

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100 years

Question 3

Which one of theses is NOT a theory as to why foot bindings started?

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An empress was trying to copy the shape of the lotus flower

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To copy an emperor’s wife who had very small feet

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An emperor ordered his female subjects to bind their feet

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An empress had club feet and her followers bound their feet to show support

Question 4

Why would crippled, deformed feet make a woman more attractive?

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A woman with bound feet was something only a rich man could afford to care for and show off.

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A woman with bound feet can dance more beautifully.

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A woman with bound feet was easier to keep from running away.

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A woman with bound feet could work better.

Question 5

What is a "status symbol?"

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an indicator of wealth and social standing

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an indicator of long life and prosperity

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an indicator of temperature and humidity

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an indicator of health and wealth

Question 6

Why would poor family's bind their daughters' feet?

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They hoped that she would marry a rich man.

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They hoped she would dance beautifully.

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They hoped she would work harder.

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The hoped she would win the Olympic pole vault.

Question 7

At what age would a girl’s toes be bent back under the foot and wrapped tightly?

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5 or 6

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18

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newborn

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10 or 11

Question 8

What was the "ideal" size for a bound foot?

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3 inches

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6 inchers

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1 foot

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23 inches

Question 9

True or False: A young girl's foot was never broken, it was only wrapped tightly or bent into shape.

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False

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True

Question 10

What was the name for a "perfect-sized" bound foot?

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Golden Lotus

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Fragrant Stems

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Prosperous Pronation

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General Tsao's Tootsies

Question 11

How many special shoes would a girl sew for her future wedding?

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at least a dozen pairs

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at least a dozen pears

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at least 2 pairs

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at least 4 not including boots

Question 12

Bound feet were not

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healthy

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bloody

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filled with pus

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decaying

Question 13

Foot binding was formally outlawed in which year?

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1912

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1812

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2012

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None. It still goes on.

Question 14

After foot binding was made illegal, families

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continued to bind their daughters' feet

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abandoned their daughters with bound feet on hillsides

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increased the binding of their daughters' feet

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stopped binding their daughters' feet

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