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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 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) Small.
(c) Sky.
(d) Large.

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

3. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.
(a) Pictures.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Books.

4. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Photos.
(c) Books.
(d) Plants.

5. What does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Attempted rape.
(c) A lesson.
(d) A schoolyard fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.

2. What does Yun suggest that Shen Fu take in order to create a powder which can then fill in the cracks of other stones?

3. Shen Fu says his father spent money like ________, and most of it on other people.

4. Shen Fu imagines _________ flying through trees and mountains when he is lying the grass as a child.

5. When Shen Fu worries about Yun's health, she says, "Life and death are ruled by _______. Do not worry about me."

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