The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber; Volume 1: The Golden Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Cao Xueqin
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber; Volume 1: The Golden Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Cao Xueqin
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling is Bao-yu filled with in his dream?
(a) Lust.
(b) Envy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Greed.

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

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

4. Who interrupts Bao-yu's visit with Bao-chai in Chapter 8?
(a) Dai-yu.
(b) Qin Zhong.
(c) Qin-shi.
(d) Xi-feng.

5. What is the name of the summit at which the goddess leaves the extra stone?
(a) Greensickness Peak.
(b) Fortune Cliff.
(c) Valley of Misfortune.
(d) Lovely Mountain.

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

7. 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) Chen-li.
(c) Bao-yu.
(d) Fen-cun.

8. What is the subject of the conversation Zhen Shi-yin overhears in his dream?
(a) The curse of the magical stone.
(b) A problem with his son's character.
(c) The future of the magical stone.
(d) The future of his daughter's life.

9. What do Qin Zhong and Darling do while the headmaster is out?
(a) Run away.
(b) Skip school for three days.
(c) Pick on Dai-yu.
(d) Arrange to secretly go outside to talk.

10. Who calms Bao-yu down when he makes a scene after his visit with Bao-chai?
(a) Nannie Li.
(b) Bao-chai.
(c) Aroma.
(d) Xi-feng.

11. What is the real reason for Jia Rui becoming ill?
(a) He is lovesick.
(b) He eats food that has gone bad.
(c) He falls into a stagnant pond.
(d) He is doused with contents of a slop pail.

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

13. Why does Dai-yu get upset in Chapter 7?
(a) Because she is brought the flowers last.
(b) Because she feels she has been punished for no reason.
(c) Because Bao-yu taunts her.
(d) Because Bao-yu has chosen the same time to visit Bao-chai.

14. What does Yu-cun let the family know about the murder case?
(a) That they are indicted until the case is closed.
(b) That they will need to come to court.
(c) That the matter of the murder has been cleared up.
(d) That they will need to pay a large sum of money.

15. Which character from earlier in the book resurfaces working as a maid under the name Caltrop?
(a) Disenchantment, the fairy.
(b) Ying Lian.
(c) Calamity.
(d) Vanitas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xi-feng do when Bao-yu questions a servant at the Ning Mansion?

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

3. Before Bao-yu leaves for school, his father berates him for _____.

4. What is Grandmother Jia and family invited to?

5. Who are the first people who come across the stone after the goddess leaves it there?

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