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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 points out his father was helpful to marry off other people's daughters and to bring up their _________.
(a) Husbands.
(b) Sons.
(c) Children.
(d) Brothers.

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

3. What would Shen Fu blow at the mosquitoes when he would let them under the netting as a child?
(a) Smoke.
(b) A candle.
(c) A leaf.
(d) His breath.

4. The proper training of a ______ takes at least thirty to forty years, and Shen Fu notes he has only known one man to achieve this task.
(a) Stone.
(b) Tree.
(c) Stream.
(d) Flower.

5. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.
(a) Married.
(b) Educated.
(c) Literate.
(d) Successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.

2. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?

3. 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.

4. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.

5. Shen Fu's father said that since ____________ could write, this person could take over mother's letters for her.

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