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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. What was the sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?
(a) Bees.
(b) Tea leaves.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Bamboo stalks.

2. Shen Fu notes that _________ is a most generous gentleman, anxious to help those in trouble, whenever possible.
(a) He.
(b) His father.
(c) His wife's father.
(d) His father in law.

3. What did Shen Fu give to the man to whom he owned money whenever the man came to collect the debt?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Paint.
(c) Money.
(d) Paper.

4. Who thinks the illness is the result of the young girl that Yun had found for Shen Fu's father?
(a) Shen Fu's father.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Shen Fu's mother.
(d) No one.

5. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?
(a) Fountain.
(b) A landscape.
(c) Ant hill.
(d) Mess.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the nickname that Shen Fu's family gave to Yun when she was a part of the family?

3. What did Shen Fu use when he didn't have any pieces of stone to put around his narcissi?

4. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.

5. Shen Fu and Yun want to _______ themselves in the context of their love when they are reincarnated in their next lives.

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