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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. The book was recently republished by the People's Literature ______ Society as this book is so well-loved among the readers.
(a) Love.
(b) Literary.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Romance Novel.

2. Poor scholars who live in crowded houses should imitate the sterns of Taiping ___________ of Shen Fu's home country.
(a) Temples.
(b) Cottages.
(c) Villages.
(d) Boats.

3. 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.

4. Who is Han-yuan sold to, which saddens Yun very much upon finding out this information from another?
(a) Business man.
(b) Shen Fu's father.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) Shen Fu.

5. Shen Fu points out his father was helpful to marry off other people's daughters and to bring up their _________.
(a) Children.
(b) Husbands.
(c) Sons.
(d) Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?

2. What was the giant that Shen Fu saw when he was concentrating all of his attention on two insects battling in the grass?

3. When Yun and Shen Fu's son was twelve years old, he was studying ______ with a teacher.

4. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.

5. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.

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