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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jia Yu-cun and Leng Zi-xing, what makes a person fundamentally good or bad?
(a) Humors.
(b) Karma.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) The amount of money they have.

2. Who does Dai-yu learn she will be living with even though it is not customary for girls to live with boys?
(a) Shi-fen.
(b) Bao-yu.
(c) Chen-li.
(d) Fen-cun.

3. What does the main story line follow?
(a) The growing up years of brothers Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin-Zhong.
(b) The growing up years of cousins Bao-yu, Dai-yu, and Bao-chai.
(c) The growing up years of friends Bao-yu, Precious, and Jokey Jin.
(d) The growing up years of sisters Qan-yen, Qin-shi, and Dai-yu.

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

5. What is the name of the goddess in the opening chapter?
(a) Nu-wa.
(b) Bo-chai.
(c) Ne-chai.
(d) Dai-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor believe about his patient's prognosis at the end of Chapter 10?

2. How does the stone feel after being left by the goddess?

3. Bao-yu and Qin Zhong form a plan to encourage their families to send them to _____.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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