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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. As a result of the rules, the magistrate might even be ignorant of the local _______ of the area in which he might be placed for his duties.
(a) Villages.
(b) Laws.
(c) Dialect.
(d) People.

2. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.
(a) True.
(b) Uncommon.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Unblemished.

3. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.
(a) Fire.
(b) Truth.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Dragons.

4. During the later part of what century was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Nineteenth.
(b) Twentieth.
(c) Eighteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

5. What kind of seeds does Shen Fu suggest being ground off and put into an eggshell which can then be put with other chicken eggs?
(a) Blackberry seeds.
(b) Caraway seeds.
(c) Lotus seeds.
(d) Calamus seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?

2. Han-yuan is the __________ girl of whom Yun has become quite fond during some times together.

3. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.

4. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.

5. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.

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