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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. One of the largest empires in the world was led by men who knew more about the _______ of a thousand years before than about the tax law.
(a) Pictures.
(b) Caste systems.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Family trees.

2. How long did it take for Shen Fu's father to realize what had happened with Yun and to ask them to come home?
(a) Two years.
(b) One week.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One month.

3. Shen Fu notes that when he tried to sell paintings from his home, he did not make enough in _________ days to pay the expenses of one.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. Shen Fu and Yun worship the Old Man of the _________ as to ensure that they will be able to be together in their next life.
(a) Moon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Sun.
(d) Stars.

5. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.
(a) Open their eyes.
(b) Sing.
(c) Drink.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yun was unable to go back to her mother to stay for a while since her mother ___________________.

2. 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.

3. What did Shen Fu and Yun's daughter deny she was feeling, even though it was apparent that she was?

4. 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.

5. What is the one thing that Yun and Shen Fu always had available when they had friends over to their home?

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