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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starts school at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Dai-yu and Bao-yu.
(b) Qin Zhong and Dai-yu.
(c) Bao-yu and Qin Zhong.
(d) Bao-chai and Bao-yu.

2. What happens to Jia Rui at the time of his first secret meeting?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He is left sitting in the cold all night.
(c) He has sex with a prostitute.
(d) He meets his beloved.

3. What does Bao-yu drink while visiting Bao-chai?
(a) Beer.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Wine.
(d) Tea.

4. What does the Taoist in the first chapter change his name to?
(a) Warrior of the Sun.
(b) Writer of Love.
(c) Brother Amor.
(d) Brother in Light.

5. What is the subject of the conversation Zhen Shi-yin overhears in his dream?
(a) A problem with his son's character.
(b) The future of the magical stone.
(c) The future of his daughter's life.
(d) The curse of the magical stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bao-yu and Qin Zhong form a plan to encourage their families to send them to _____.

2. What develops between the three main characters of the book?

3. Which character from earlier in the book resurfaces working as a maid under the name Caltrop?

4. According to Jia Yu-cun and Leng Zi-xing, what makes a person fundamentally good or bad?

5. Who is suffering from a mysterious sickness at the end of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does superstition appear in the events surrounding Jia Rui?

2. In what ways are fear of shame and being poor seen in Chapter 6?

3. How does the story of Jia Rui teach a lesson about undue lust?

4. How are Bao-yu's father's sentiments about Bao-yu depicted in Chapter 9?

5. What does the story of Ying-lian and Feng Yuan suggest about the role of fate and karma in the world of the novel?

6. What events surrounding the trial in Chapter 4 illustrate further the Jia family's decline?

7. Why does Vanitas change his name to Brother Amor?

8. Although the Jia family throws a spectacular birthday party for Jia Jing even though he refuses to leave the monastery to attend, much of the conversation centers on Qin-shi's puzzling illness. Hypothesize as to why this is.

9. Upon their first meeting, do Bao-yu and Dai-yu feel a connection with each other? If so, how is it shown?

10. Despite his limited presence, what becomes clear about Bao-yu during the first few episodes that involve him?

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