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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) Romance Novel.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Literary.

2. 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) Their imagination.
(b) Money to buy one.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Earthenware pot.

3. What should a person use to strengthen a plant when the stem begins to fall over, according to Shen Fu's instructions?
(a) Stones.
(b) Pins.
(c) Tape.
(d) Water.

4. Shen Fu's father said that since ____________ could write, this person could take over mother's letters for her.
(a) Yun.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Chiang.
(d) He.

5. Who agrees with the plan that Shen Fu and Yun have in place, even though it seems strange he would agree to it?
(a) Shen Fu's mother.
(b) Shen Fu's father.
(c) The bank.
(d) The Westerner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should the roots of a potted tree look like when one is choosing between potted trees to raise?

2. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.

3. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.

4. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.

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

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