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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 is most important about The Temple of the Iron Threshold in relation to Qin-shi?
(a) It is her favorite place to visit.
(b) She once gave a speech there.
(c) She will be buried there.
(d) Blessings will be offered for her soul there.

2. Who does Bao-yu see sleeping with a girl?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Tealeaf.
(c) Precious.
(d) Darling.

3. What did Bao-yu not allow to be taken from him by his pages?
(a) His schoolbooks.
(b) A rabbit foot pendant.
(c) The purse given to him by Dai-yu.
(d) The sachet given to him by Dai-yu.

4. Who are the invitees to Bao-yu's birthday party?
(a) Boa-yu's cousins only.
(b) Friends and family only.
(c) Servants, friends and family only.
(d) Family members only.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Xi-feng's leadership bring to the Ning house?

4. What is Shui Rong's title?

5. What is Jia Rong offered immediately after there is concern about his status?

Short Essay Questions

1. What facets of the relationships between masters/mistresses and servants are shown in the conflict between Jia Lian, Xi-feng, and Patience?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the way the Jia family undertake preparations for Yuan-chun's visit show about their character when it comes to money?

9. How is the relationship between Bao-yu and his servants developed in the events after Yuan-chun's visit?

10. For what reason(s) might Bao-yu have become discontented living in the Prospect Garden?

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