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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 say that they can bring with them in order to be able to have tea when she and Shen Fu are on an adventure?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their imagination.
(c) Earthenware pot.
(d) Money to buy one.

2. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a saying: "Even the ends of ____________ and sawdust have their uses."
(a) Paper.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Food.

3. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.
(a) Poor.
(b) Dull.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Unofficial.

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

5. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.
(a) Literate.
(b) Successful.
(c) Married.
(d) Educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?

2. Yun was hired to embroider the _________ Sutra for a friend when she was having one of her more healthy times.

3. Who suspected Yun of writing something improper about her when she wrote a letter for her?

4. Who thinks the illness is the result of the young girl that Yun had found for Shen Fu's father?

5. What is the last date which can be supported as Shen Fu talked about working on the book at that time?

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