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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Bao-yu with writing poems for Yuan-chun?
(a) Bao-chai and Dai-yu.
(b) Qin Zhong and Bao-chai.
(c) Xi-feng and Dai-yu.
(d) Jia Zheng and his literary friends.

2. What important event is the Prince of Bei-jing present for?
(a) Qin-shi's funeral.
(b) Dai-yu's father's funeral.
(c) Xi-feng taking over the running of the Ning household.
(d) Bao-yu's marriage.

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

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

5. As Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin Zhong talk during Chapter 14, what do they learn has happened?
(a) Dai-yu's mother has passed away.
(b) Qin-shi has passed away.
(c) Dai-yu's father has passed away.
(d) Bao-yu's father has passed away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bao-yu do when the answer from Dai-yu is "no"?

2. Who does Zhen Shi-yin live with?

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

4. Why does Bao-yu beg Xi-feng to let he and Qin Zhong stay longer in the temple?

5. Who leads Yuan-chun's arrival at her garden?

(see the answer key)

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