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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. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.
(a) Floating.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Jumbled.
(d) Boring.

2. The Purple ________ Cave was only as big as a finger and nothing but water bubbled from it.
(a) Sky.
(b) River.
(c) Cloud.
(d) Sun.

3. What does Yun point out does NOT happen when an insect dies, so she suggests Shen Fu study this?
(a) They arrange themselves.
(b) They breathe.
(c) Colors fade.
(d) They move.

4. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.
(a) Soochow.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Yamen.
(d) Beijing.

5. Shen Fu says that he defines frugality as knowing when to save _______________, according to his writings.
(a) Patience.
(b) Money.
(c) Worry.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shen Fu use when he didn't have any pieces of stone to put around his narcissi?

2. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?

3. What was the giant that Shen Fu saw when he was concentrating all of his attention on two insects battling in the grass?

4. What does Shen Fu say increased as he and Yun began to have more and more debts in their name?

5. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.

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