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