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