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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only player who was allowed to think about their answers and a person who was considered an official paper?
(a) Yun.
(b) Chaeing.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) No one.

2. Shen Fu and Yun worship the Old Man of the _________ as to ensure that they will be able to be together in their next life.
(a) Stars.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Sun.
(d) Moon.

3. What is the other name for the scrotum that is referenced in the first part of this section, as Shen Fu has an accident?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Sacks.
(d) Books.

4. What is the one thing that Yun and Shen Fu always had available when they had friends over to their home?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Bread.
(d) Sake.

5. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?
(a) Everyday life.
(b) Education.
(c) Family life.
(d) Books.

6. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Regalian.
(c) Trubanon.
(d) Courtesan.

7. What does Yun say that they can bring with them in order to be able to have tea when she and Shen Fu are on an adventure?
(a) Money to buy one.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Earthenware pot.
(d) Their imagination.

8. What is the last date which can be supported as Shen Fu talked about working on the book at that time?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1810.

9. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?
(a) Loving relationships first.
(b) Partnership, not marriage.
(c) Marriage in childhood.
(d) Arranged marriages.

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

11. During the later part of what century was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Seventeenth.
(b) Twentieth.
(c) Nineteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

12. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.
(a) Uncommon.
(b) Unblemished.
(c) Honorable.
(d) True.

13. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.
(a) Unofficial.
(b) Poor.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Dull.

14. Shen Fu describes the fact that he was _____________ to take on the position as a secretary, which is not uncommon.
(a) Commanded.
(b) Badgered.
(c) Enticed.
(d) Invited.

15. 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?
(a) Lao.
(b) Pao.
(c) Chang.
(d) Hsi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yun suggest that Shen Fu take in order to create a powder which can then fill in the cracks of other stones?

2. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.

3. The proper training of a ______ takes at least thirty to forty years, and Shen Fu notes he has only known one man to achieve this task.

4. What is the kind of bracelet that Han-yuan is wearing, which is thought to be a sign Han-yuan should live with Yun and Shen Fu?

5. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?

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