Interactive grammar exercise (than - then) from “Saimdang, Light’s Diary”
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
The glass cover ______ breaks into a thousand pieces, and Ji-yoon is stunned to find behind the painting a full-length portrait of a Joseon-era lady.
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Lee Gyeom recognizes from Lord So’s description that “Black Peony” is none other ______ Hwieumdang.
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Hwieumdang becomes alarmed after finding out that the quality of the paper is better ______ that of the paper she supplies to the Paper Production Office.
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Lee Gyeom brings the unconscious Saimdang to her house. He ______ rides out again to look for a doctor, but Seok Soon blocks his way.
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At the marriage ceremonies, Lee Gyeom creates a scandal by walking out. He ______ goes to Hanyang to ask the King to annul his marriage.
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Later, Saimdang and her maid walk around the market to find out what kind of business she can put up. Just ______, the King passes by on his way to see Lee Gyeom.
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More paranoid ______ ever, the King agrees and orders Min Chi-hyung’s execution.
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At Biikdang, Lee Gyeom regales the staff and his friends with stories of his travels to faraway lands, blue-eyed people, and exotic cultures. He shows them pepper, which he says is more precious ______ gold.
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Hwieumdang ______ asks the mothers to protest Hyun-ryong’s admission into the school.
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At first, Hwieumdang thinks that Saimdang will use the paper for her paintings, but ______ she finds out the truth.
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Min Chi-hyung becomes more violent ______ ever.
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Saimdang takes her hand and says, “Our children are much more mature ______ us.”
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Like Lee Gyeom, Saimdang has been traumatized by what happened 20 years ago and has not painted anything since ______.
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Saimdang ______ tells the mothers that she is voluntarily withdrawing Hyun-ryong from the school.
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Hwieumdang ______ reveals, “I threw you two in the pit of hell, with my own hand. I wanted to ruin your lives. It was me who left her sketchbook and ribbon for them to find.”
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Hye-jung hides the painting inside the guitar case of Han Sang-hyun’s girl friend; she ______ escapes from the club by dressing up as the Singing Nun.
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Lee Gyeom pleads with Saimdang to spend three days with him so that they can paint the mountain together, just as he had promised more ______ 20 years ago.
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Hwieumdang wonders, “They look so beautiful together. What have I been doing with my life?” She ______ walks away, crying.
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Rather ______ running away with Lee Gyeom, Saimdang decides to go back to her children.
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Lee Gyeom ______ takes the Biikjo seal that he carved at Keumkangsan and places it around Saimdang’s neck.
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Ji-yoon: “You can do it. You are a greater woman ______ you realize. You need to believe in yourself.”
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Woo gives Saimdang the “China pink flower” that’s her favorite; she ______ asks her children, especially Hyun-ryong, to reconcile with their father.