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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. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.
(a) Sing.
(b) Drink.
(c) Talk.
(d) Open their eyes.

2. Shen Fu says there should not be more than ___________ vases arranged on a table, according to his detailed writing.
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seven.

3. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.
(a) Floating.
(b) Jumbled.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Boring.

4. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.
(a) Emperor.
(b) Man.
(c) Woman.
(d) Ruffian.

5. Yun lets Shen Fu know that she is the ____________ on a loan for Shen Fu's younger brother and needs to pay the loan back.
(a) Guarnator.
(b) Proxy.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Beneficiary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?

2. What did Shen Fu's father notice was different about the letters Yun had been writing for Shen Fu's mother?

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

4. What did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?

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

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