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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 should the roots of a potted tree look like when one is choosing between potted trees to raise?
(a) Cranes.
(b) Chicken feet.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Bamboo shoots.

2. What is the one thing that Yun and Shen Fu always had available when they had friends over to their home?
(a) Beer.
(b) Sake.
(c) Bread.
(d) Wine.

3. What does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?
(a) Tea.
(b) Food.
(c) Books.
(d) Breadcrumbs.

4. What flower did Shen Fu like to put into a vase instead of growing them in pots during the fall months?
(a) Azaleas.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Crysanthemums.
(d) Roses.

5. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Soochow.
(c) Yamen.
(d) Beijing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Shen Fu and Yun do if they were unable to pay for their expenses, though this did not work for long?

2. What was the name of the girl which Yun had given birth to fourteen years before?

3. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?

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

5. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.

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