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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 & 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dai-yu get upset in Chapter 8?
(a) Because she is brought the flowers last and forced to take leftovers.
(b) Because Xi-feng scolds her.
(c) Because Bao-yu gets drunk.
(d) Because Bao-yu has chosen the same time to visit Bao-chai.

2. How does Jia Rui eventually die?
(a) He looks into the wrong side of the Taoist's mirror.
(b) He suffers heart failure.
(c) He falls out of a second floor window.
(d) He is stabbed by Xi-feng in a dream and never wakes up.

3. What does the Taoist in the first chapter change his name to?
(a) Writer of Love.
(b) Brother Amor.
(c) Warrior of the Sun.
(d) Brother in Light.

4. What does Xi-feng do when Bao-yu questions a servant at the Ning Mansion?
(a) She confronts the servant herself.
(b) She angrily hushes him.
(c) She quietly tells him not to worry about it.
(d) She calls a maid to distract from the situation.

5. Of whom does Bao-yu dream?
(a) Teng-zhi.
(b) Dai-yu.
(c) Qin Shi.
(d) The fairy Disenchantment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jia Rui nearly sleep with accidentally?

3. Who insists on being allowed to visit Qin-shi's body after her death?

4. Although the songs tell the story of his family's life, Bao-yu is bored and does not understand what?

5. What was the subject of dispute Yu-cun was set to rule over?

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