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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 was unable to go back to her mother to stay for a while since her mother ___________________.
(a) Was dead.
(b) Was too ill.
(c) Was missing.
(d) Did not want her to come home.

2. Yun believes that having been to the festival, she has not lived a life in ____________, since she has seen such a beautiful pplace.
(a) Illness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Terror.
(d) Vain.

3. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. Who does Yun say is timid and without much ability, which is why this person should be arranged in marriage now?
(a) Wang.
(b) Ling.
(c) Chung.
(d) Chiug.

5. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?
(a) Small stove.
(b) A temple.
(c) Her basket of food.
(d) Her clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.

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

3. What does Shen Fu say increased as he and Yun began to have more and more debts in their name?

4. The flower arrangements Shen Fu prefers are those which are not stiff or _________ in their appearance.

5. Shen Fu describes the fact that he was _____________ to take on the position as a secretary, which is not uncommon.

(see the answer key)

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