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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Delights of Roaming Afar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?
(a) Judicial.
(b) Registration of documents.
(c) Bookkeeping.
(d) Tax collection.

2. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.
(a) Large.
(b) Small.
(c) Smaller spaces.
(d) Sky.

3. Shen Fu's father said that since ____________ could write, this person could take over mother's letters for her.
(a) Chiang.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Yun.
(d) He.

4. What did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?
(a) Characters.
(b) Painting.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Blessings.

5. Who was the person that set off the exploding bamboo when Shen Fu was out on a trip?
(a) Another boy.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Servant.
(d) Yun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become a cool and beautiful haven for young lovers in the area of Shen Fu's schooling?

2. What did Shen Fu and Yun's daughter deny she was feeling, even though it was apparent that she was?

3. Yun noted that she would rather have Shen Fu's ______ blame her than to have the other relative unhappy with her.

4. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.

5. What was Shen Fu afraid that Yun would do during the debacle with the family and the accusations made of her?

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