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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 decided to restore a peasant girl to her family when a man of influence wants to make her a _________.
(a) Concubine.
(b) Slave.
(c) Sister.
(d) Second wife.

2. Yun was hired to embroider the _________ Sutra for a friend when she was having one of her more healthy times.
(a) Chest.
(b) Leg.
(c) Heart.
(d) Throat.

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

4. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.
(a) True.
(b) Unblemished.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Uncommon.

5. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.
(a) Boring.
(b) Floating.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Jumbled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu points out his father was helpful to marry off other people's daughters and to bring up their _________.

2. What does Yun ask the messenger to ask his mistress to send for them two days later?

3. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.

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

5. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.

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