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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sorrows of Misfortune.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Han-yuan sold to, which saddens Yun very much upon finding out this information from another?
(a) Shen Fu's father.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) Business man.
(d) Shen Fu.

2. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?
(a) Fountain.
(b) A landscape.
(c) Ant hill.
(d) Mess.

3. Yun showed the Huas how to make _______ which can be moved anywhere and incorporated into the scenery.
(a) Paintings.
(b) Fountains.
(c) Screens.
(d) Stones.

4. What does Yun ask the messenger to ask his mistress to send for them two days later?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Money.
(c) A boat.
(d) A book.

5. What was the name of the girl which Yun had given birth to fourteen years before?
(a) Ling-chun.
(b) Chun.
(c) Ching-la.
(d) Ching-chun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once created a sketch of Shen Fu and Yun in a garden, according to the story?

2. Yun and Shen Fu arrange for their son to learn the business of ___________ with another man in order to help him get started in the world.

3. What kind of parties did Shen Fu and Yun hold when they had nothing to do during a long summer?

4. What did Shen Fu give to the man to whom he owned money whenever the man came to collect the debt?

5. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?

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