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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 did the guests write on the painting that Hsing-lan did after he was done with the work?
(a) Good luck wishes.
(b) Inscriptions.
(c) Names.
(d) Poetry.

2. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.
(a) Sky.
(b) Small.
(c) Smaller spaces.
(d) Large.

3. What does Shen Fu say increased as he and Yun began to have more and more debts in their name?
(a) Rent.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Shame.
(d) Bills.

4. What is the name of the girl that Yun finds for Shen Fu's father when he makes a request for a companion?
(a) Ling.
(b) Ching.
(c) Yao.
(d) Lara.

5. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a saying: "Even the ends of ____________ and sawdust have their uses."
(a) Sticks.
(b) Food.
(c) Paper.
(d) Bamboo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Yun and Shen Fu when they first meet during their lives?

2. _______ stories in China are rare, so this might be one of the reasons why this book became so popular with the readers of the time.

3. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?

4. What does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?

5. What did Shen Fu give to the man to whom he owned money whenever the man came to collect the debt?

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