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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Bao-yu visits the Department of the Ill-Fated Fair, what is he allowed to look at?
(a) The naked body of the most beautiful woman in Jinling.
(b) Three registers of the youngest women in Jinling.
(c) Three registers of the most beautiful girls in Jinling.
(d) A meeting of all the beautiful women of Jinling.

2. Where is the party Grandmother Jia and the family held?
(a) At the Regal Theatre.
(b) At the Regal Greenhouse.
(c) At the Ning Mansion.
(d) At the Cherry Blossom Courtyard.

3. Who performs Disenchantment's A Dream of Golden Days for Bao-yu?
(a) The fairies.
(b) Bao-chai.
(c) The sorcerer.
(d) Dai-yu.

4. Although the songs tell the story of his family's life, Bao-yu is bored and does not understand what?
(a) That he must wake up.
(b) The lyrics.
(c) Who is singing the song.
(d) Why he is there.

5. What does Yu-cun do to the usher as a result of feeling uncomfortable around him?
(a) Calls in a complaint to the police anonymously.
(b) Flees the city.
(c) Has the usher arrested.
(d) Kills the usher's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main story line follow?

2. Who settles the boy in Qin Shi's room?

3. In order to cure Bao-yu of his lust of the mind, he is given a bride named _____.

4. What is Bao-yu's first question to Dai-yu?

5. What is the subject of the conversation Zhen Shi-yin overhears in his dream?

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