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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 does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?
(a) Tea.
(b) Breadcrumbs.
(c) Food.
(d) Books.

2. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?
(a) Loving relationships first.
(b) Marriage in childhood.
(c) Arranged marriages.
(d) Partnership, not marriage.

3. Yun noted that she would rather have Shen Fu's ______ blame her than to have the other relative unhappy with her.
(a) Mother.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

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

5. Yun decides that he and Shen Fu should leave at the morning of the ________ night watch in order to avoid capture and humiliation.
(a) Second.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yun said that the father should forgive her _____________ when she is confronted about the situation.

3. Yun's friend was snatched away from her when a business man paid _______ golds for her and promised to take her to her mother.

4. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?

5. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?

(see the answer key)

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