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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 & 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bao-yu drink while visiting Bao-chai?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

2. What is there concern about when it comes to Jia Rong's status?
(a) He is disrespectful of societal hierarchies.
(b) He is only an Imperial College Student.
(c) He has been caught with a prostitute.
(d) He is openly unambitious.

3. What do Bao-chai and Zhou Rai's wife talk about at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Their problems with their children.
(b) The simple prescription a monk prescribed for Bao-chai's illness.
(c) The difficult prescription a monk prescribed for Bao-chai's illness.
(d) Zhou Rai's wife's problems with her husband.

4. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?
(a) Bark of the oak tree.
(b) Butter.
(c) Leaves from the oak tree.
(d) Lipstick and other cosmetics.

5. To whose house does Bao-yu wander to to study to look at a painting that he likes?
(a) His cousin Ming.
(b) His friend Qin-shi.
(c) His uncle Feng-shu.
(d) His cousin Zhen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character from earlier in the book resurfaces working as a maid under the name Caltrop?

2. Who scolds Aroma for not getting up when she enters a room?

3. Who calms Bao-yu down when he makes a scene after his visit with Bao-chai?

4. Who seeks advice from Bao-yu about how to take care of the Ning household?

5. Who does Bao-yu take an opportunity to go and visit at the start of Chapter 8?

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