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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 ask the messenger to ask his mistress to send for them two days later?
(a) A boat.
(b) Money.
(c) Paintings.
(d) A book.

2. In what city was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Soochow.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Shanghai.

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

4. What is the point of sawing halfway through a stem and inserting a small piece of brick or stone into the cut?
(a) To make the stem shorter.
(b) Making a curve.
(c) To create a tree-like appearance.
(d) There isn't.

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

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

3. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?

4. Shen Fu says that he defines frugality as knowing when to save _______________, according to his writings.

5. If there is a tall stand and shorter stands are spread around it, with the ones in the back being tall and the ones in the front being short, it is called a beautiful pile of _______, by some people.

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