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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the funeral procession for Qin-shi finally arrive?
(a) The Ning house.
(b) The Temple of the Iron Threshold.
(c) The Jia house.
(d) The Imperial Palace.

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

3. What is there concern about when it comes to Jia Rong's status?
(a) He is disrespectful of societal hierarchies.
(b) He has been caught with a prostitute.
(c) He is only an Imperial College Student.
(d) He is openly unambitious.

4. Who scolds Aroma for not getting up when she enters a room?
(a) Bao-chai.
(b) Yu-chun.
(c) Dai-yu.
(d) Nannie Li.

5. It is Yuan-chun's hope that this move to live with the girls _____.
(a) Will increase his intelligence.
(b) Will stop him from eating lipstick.
(c) Will encourage the boy to study more.
(d) Will make him become more mature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What servant finds a lock of The Mattress's hair in Jia Lian's things?

2. What gift does Shui Rong give to Bao-yu?

3. What do Bao-yu's pages take from him after the naming party for the garden for Yuan-chun?

4. Who does Bao-yu see sleeping with a girl?

5. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dai-yu overcome with grief as she listens to the words of the actresses rehearsing in the garden?

2. How does Patience show her loyalty to Xi-feng in Chapter 16?

3. How does Xiang-yun's presence lead Bao-yu to think more highly of Bao-chai?

4. What can be understood from the relationship between Qin Zhong and Sappy?

5. Analyze Bao-yu's interactions with his father Jia Zheng during the naming party.

6. Why does Jia Zheng finally start to warm to Bao-yu?

7. What superstition in Chapter 21 is shown to be false?

8. In what ways are Bao-yu's intellectual abilities displayed in the events surrounding Yuan-chun's visit?

9. What is Shui Rong's impression of Bao-yu?

10. What does Bao-yu add to the book he is reading, and how does Dai-yu respond?

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