Dream of the Red Chamber - Quiz
A) Carved by the emperor to commemorate the dynasty B) Left over when the goddess Nüwa mended the heaven C) Fallen from the moon during a lunar eclipse D) Forged by a Taoist priest in a mystical fire
A) To escape the coldness of the heavens B) To find its missing companion in the mortal realm C) To seek revenge on a Buddhist monk D) To enjoy the pleasures of the red dust
A) A Taoist priest and a Buddhist monk B) Two immortal emperors C) An imperial scholar and a general D) The goddess Nüwa and her companion
A) Lady Wang B) Xue Baochai C) Jia Baoyu D) Lin Daiyu
A) Chronicles of the Daguanyuan B) The Tale of the Red Dust C) The Story of the Stone D) Legend of the Jia Clan
A) The Rongguo House and the Ningguo House B) The Imperial House and the Noble House C) The Northern House and the Southern House D) The Eastern House and the Western House
A) In a remote mountain monastery B) Inside the imperial palace C) In separate provinces far from the capital D) In large, adjacent family compounds in the capital
A) That it takes place during the Tang dynasty B) That the dynasty is indeterminate C) That the ruling family is the Jia clan itself D) That it is set in a fictional future
A) To serve as a military fortress for the clan B) To suitably receive a Jia daughter who was made a Royal Consort C) To host the imperial wedding of Jia Baoyu D) To provide a sanctuary for Buddhist monks
A) An underground treasury B) A grand ancestral temple C) A lush landscaped garden D) A royal training camp
A) Their constant stagnation despite having wealth B) Their sudden rise from poverty to supreme imperial power C) Their fall from the height of their prestige D) Their exile to a foreign country followed by a triumphant return
A) Some thirty B) Around one hundred C) Over four hundred D) Nearly ten
A) One thousand B) Only a dozen C) Over four hundred D) Exactly thirty
A) A strict military commander B) An ambitious imperial minister C) A brooding Daoist scholar D) A carefree male heir
A) An actress from the capital B) A Buddhist monk from the mountains C) His older brother in the Ningguo House D) His sickly and melancholic cousin Lin Daiyu
A) Music and poetry B) Painting and calligraphy C) Politics and military strategy D) Daoist alchemy and herbal medicine
A) Xue Baochai B) Lin Daiyu C) The Royal Consort D) Skybright
A) Her grace and intelligence exemplify an ideal woman B) She is a cunning servant plotting against the family C) She is rebellious and hates traditional poetry D) She is sickly, melancholic, and loves music
A) The approval of the imperial court B) A formal wedding ceremony C) Financial stability D) An emotional connection
A) Every conceivable thought and technique in traditional Chinese fiction B) The traditional rules of Chinese poetry C) The imperial censorship laws of the dynasty D) The record for the longest novel ever written
A) Mythological gods and goddesses disguised as humans B) Historical figures who never change their moral standing C) Flat archetypes representing pure virtues and vices D) Thoroughly human characters who are neither wholly good nor wholly bad
A) Many of them convey meaning B) They are written in a secret script C) They change multiple times throughout the novel D) They use words from dead languages
A) Left them in pinyin B) Replaced them with English equivalents C) Converted them into French D) Translated their meanings into Latin
A) Converted them into French B) Left them in pinyin C) Translated their meanings D) Put them into Latin
A) Sapientia B) Jia Zheng and Lady Wang C) Baoyu and Daiyu D) Aroma and Skybright
A) Converted them into French B) Left them in pinyin C) Put them into Latin D) Translated their meanings into English
A) Aroma B) Skybright C) Sapientia D) Jia Zheng
A) Translated their meanings into English B) Left them in pinyin C) Put them into French D) Put them into Latin
A) Exactly 10 B) Over 400 C) Only 2 D) Nearly 40
A) Nearly 40 B) Exactly 100 C) Over 400 D) Less than 20
A) 17th-century B) 19th-century C) 20th-century D) 18th-century
A) Gao E B) Cao Xueqin C) Cheng Weiyuan D) Manchu emperors
A) 1740s B) 1760s C) 1790s D) 1840s
A) 1740 or 1741 B) 1800 or 1801 C) 1791 or 1792 D) 1763 or 1764
A) Forty chapters B) Ninety chapters C) One hundred and twenty chapters D) Eighty chapters
A) Baihua literature B) Stoneology C) Redology D) Qing studies
A) Classical Chinese (wenyan) B) Written vernacular (baihua) C) Modern English D) Semi-wenyan style
A) Classical dialect B) Manchu dialect C) Southern Mandarin D) Beijing Mandarin dialect
A) The written vernacular B) Manchu governance C) Classical Chinese D) Poetic composition
A) Hand-copied manuscripts began circulating B) They were lost forever C) They were immediately published in print D) They were destroyed by Cao
A) 1763 B) 1791 C) 1740 D) 1800
A) About 5 B) About 80 C) About 12 D) About 50
A) The 80th chapter B) The 91st chapter C) The 50th chapter D) The very end of the book
A) Lin Daiyu B) Zhiyanzhai C) Cao Xueqin D) Baochai
A) Printed editions B) Redology editions C) Jiaxu manuscripts D) Rouge versions
A) Gengchen manuscript B) Rouge manuscript C) Jimao manuscript D) Jiaxu manuscript
A) Shanghai Museum B) National Library of China C) Beijing Normal University D) Library of Peking University
A) Jiaxu manuscript B) Russian Academy manuscript C) Gengchen manuscript D) Jimao manuscript
A) Rouge manuscript B) Jimao manuscript C) Jiaxu manuscript D) Gengchen manuscript
A) 2014 B) 1792 C) 1791 D) 2020
A) Gao E B) Zhang Qingshan C) Cheng Weiyuan D) Hu Shih
A) Zhou Ruchang B) Irene Eber C) Hu Shih D) Zhang Qingshan
A) Gao E's B) Hu Shih's C) Zhou Ruchang's D) Cheng Weiyuan's
A) 2014 B) 1791 C) 2020 D) 1792
A) Hu Shih B) Irene Eber C) Zhang Qingshan D) Zhou Ruchang
A) 1921 B) 2014 C) 2020 D) 1791
A) Seeking Spring B) Splendid Phoenix C) Precious Jade D) Blueblack Jade
A) Wonderful Jade B) Precious Hairpin C) Precious Jade D) Blueblack Jade
A) Heart disease B) A respiratory ailment C) Paralysis D) Blindness
A) The Fairy Crimson Pearl B) An Imperial Consort C) A Buddhist nun D) The Deity Shenying
A) Splendid Phoenix B) Seeking Spring C) Precious Hairpin D) First Spring
A) A silver hairpin B) A jade ring C) A golden locket D) A luminescent pearl
A) Adamantina B) Two-In-One C) Sister Feng D) Rose
A) Xiang River Clouds B) Treasuring Spring C) Welcoming Spring D) Seeking Spring
A) Men's clothes B) Buddhist nun robes C) Mourning widow clothes D) Imperial court attire
A) Splendid Phoenix B) First Spring C) Adamantina D) Rose
A) Concubine Zhao B) Aunt Xue C) Lady Jia Min D) Lady Wang
A) Twenty B) Fifty C) Thirteen D) Forty
A) Rose B) Adamantina C) Sister Feng D) Two-In-One
A) Daughter B) Sister C) Aunt D) Daughter-in-law
A) Xue Baochai B) Li Wan C) Wang Xifeng D) Lin Daiyu
A) Treasuring Spring B) First Spring C) Welcoming Spring D) Seeking Spring
A) Grandmother Jia B) Lady Wangs C) Miaoyu D) Granny Liu
A) Seeking Spring B) Precious Jade C) Look down upon love D) Supposed to sigh
A) Shi B) Xue C) Zhao D) Wang
A) Brother B) Father C) Grandfather D) Uncle
A) Confucian scholar B) Buddhist monk C) Government tax collector D) Taoist priest
A) Lady Wang B) Xia Jingui C) Xifeng D) Min
A) Zijuan B) Xueyan C) Zhen Yinglian D) Xia Jingui
A) Xia Jingui B) Xue Pan C) Aunt Xue D) Xifeng
A) By suicide B) While giving birth C) Executed by the government D) Poisoned by Xia Jingui
A) Taoism B) Christianity C) Confucianism D) Buddhism
A) Xueyan B) Zijuan C) Hua Xiren D) Qingwen
A) Mingyan B) Jiang Yuhan C) Xue Pan D) Jia Lian
A) Xueyan B) Qingwen C) Yuanyang D) Ping'er
A) Qingwen B) Hua Xiren C) Zijuan D) Yuanyang
A) Becomes a nun B) Commits suicide C) Becomes Jia Lian's concubine D) Marries Jiang Yuhan
A) Mingyan B) Xue Pan C) Zhen Shiyin D) Jiang Yuhan
A) Zijuan B) Xueyan C) Qingwen D) Ping'er
A) Ping'er B) Zijuan C) Qingwen D) Xueyan
A) Poison B) Stab wounds C) Black magic D) Hired assassins
A) Qin Zhong B) Jia Rong C) Jia Huan D) Jia Yucun
A) Qiutong B) Sheyue C) Zhineng D) Sister Sha
A) Failing his duties B) Embezzlement of clan funds C) Corruption D) Adultery
A) Li Wan B) Lady Xing C) Wang Xifeng D) Lady You
A) Lady Xing B) Lady You C) Li Wan D) Wang Xifeng
A) Second Sister You B) Xue Baoqin C) Xing Xiuyan D) Zhineng
A) Sheyue B) Zhineng C) Qiutong D) Sister Sha
A) Intelligent B) Musk C) Passion D) Sapientia
A) Sister Sha B) Second Sister You C) Qiutong D) Sheyue |
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