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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sorrows of Misfortune.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yun and Shen Fu arrange for their son to learn the business of ___________ with another man in order to help him get started in the world.
(a) Writing.
(b) Trading.
(c) Math.
(d) Bookkeeping.

2. Shen Fu was disgusted by the ________ of his friends, which is why he decided to leave the post at which he was stationed.
(a) Writings.
(b) Misdeeds.
(c) Laws.
(d) Showboating.

3. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.
(a) Pictures.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Books.
(d) Dragons.

4. What would Shen Fu and Yun do if they were unable to pay for their expenses, though this did not work for long?
(a) Gamble.
(b) Donate blood.
(c) Pawn possessions.
(d) Get loans.

5. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.
(a) Straight.
(b) In winter.
(c) In springtime.
(d) At an angle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?

2. What happened when Shen Fu went to see his father when his father became ill?

3. Who decides that Shen Fu needs to go home in order to complete his examinations during his schooling with with friend of his father's?

4. Yun decides that he and Shen Fu should leave at the morning of the ________ night watch in order to avoid capture and humiliation.

5. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?

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