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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. What causes Qin Zhong's father to die?
(a) The stress of Bao-yu's consistent misbehaving.
(b) The stress of finding out about Qin Zhong's love affair with Sappy.
(c) His guilt about a huge debt.
(d) His sadness over Qin-shi's death.

2. How does Xi-feng's personality as an overbearing mistress come to light in the Ning house?
(a) She admonishes each servant individually for any mistake they make.
(b) She severely punishes a servant for being late to work.
(c) She shouts at all the servants as a group for half an hour.
(d) She severely punishes a servant for forgetting to wash some dirty laundry.

3. Who leads Yuan-chun's arrival at her garden?
(a) An unshaven nun.
(b) Jia Zheng and Grandmother Jia.
(c) A priest.
(d) An envoy of eunuchs.

4. What happens to Jia Zheng's dislike for Bao-yu towards the end of the novel?
(a) It cannot get higher.
(b) It is put on hold.
(c) It increases.
(d) It decreases.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What addiction does Dai-yu discover of Bao-yu's?

2. Why does Bao-yu seek Dai-yu's company in Chapter 19?

3. What did Bao-yu not allow to be taken from him by his pages?

4. It is Yuan-chun's hope that this move to live with the girls _____.

5. Where does Xi-feng's carriage briefly stop during the funeral procession for Qin-shi?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 20, how does Bao-yu show that he cares about Dai-yu?

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

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

5. How is Qin-shi's honor and devotion to family seen before she dies?

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

7. What is revealed about Xi-feng's character in the episode involving a servant woman bringing money to her?

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

9. How does Bao-yu show increasing maturity in his response to the quarrels among his female companions?

10. Why does Aroma manipulate Bao-yu in Chapter 19?

(see the answer keys)

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