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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 did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?
(a) Blessings.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Characters.
(d) Painting.

2. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.
(a) Smaller spaces.
(b) Sky.
(c) Large.
(d) Small.

3. What was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?
(a) 100 cash.
(b) 10000 cash.
(c) 5 cash.
(d) 10 cash.

4. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?
(a) Judicial.
(b) Law.
(c) Document registration.
(d) Bookkeeping.

5. What was the last meal that Shen Fu and Yun shared before they left on their journey?
(a) Soup.
(b) Water.
(c) Rice porridge.
(d) Noodles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Yun and Shen Fu not bring with them when they go to move into the house of Hua?

2. When the project that Yun and Shen Fu are working on is finished, Shen Fu notes that the project has incurred the jealousy of __________.

3. Flowers, according to Shen Fu, should rise __________ from the mouth of the vase in one mass, not crowded in any one area.

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

5. Poor scholars who live in crowded houses should imitate the sterns of Taiping ___________ of Shen Fu's home country.

(see the answer key)

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