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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. Shen Fu's father wanted to have someone in his home who had the same ____________, according to the book.
(a) Morals.
(b) Religion.
(c) Wife.
(d) Dialect.

2. What kind of parties did Shen Fu and Yun hold when they had nothing to do during a long summer?
(a) Examination.
(b) Tea.
(c) Pool.
(d) Singing.

3. What is the one thing that Yun and Shen Fu always had available when they had friends over to their home?
(a) Bread.
(b) Beer.
(c) Sake.
(d) Wine.

4. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.
(a) Pot.
(b) Ground.
(c) Wall.
(d) Sky.

5. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?
(a) Writer.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Carver.
(d) Painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the guests write on the painting that Hsing-lan did after he was done with the work?

2. How long does Shen Fu's father give him and Yun to gather their affairs after learning of the money they owe?

3. Flowers, according to Shen Fu, should rise __________ from the mouth of the vase in one mass, not crowded in any one area.

4. How long did it take for Shen Fu's father to realize what had happened with Yun and to ask them to come home?

5. Shen Fu notes that when he tried to sell paintings from his home, he did not make enough in _________ days to pay the expenses of one.

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