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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?
(a) A vase of flowers.
(b) A picture of Yun.
(c) A gardening book.
(d) A stone.

2. If there is a tall stand and shorter stands are spread around it, with the ones in the back being tall and the ones in the front being short, it is called a beautiful pile of _______, by some people.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Trash.
(d) Nature.

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

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) Beijing.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Yamen.

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

6. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.
(a) Sing.
(b) Talk.
(c) Open their eyes.
(d) Drink.

7. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.
(a) Woman.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Ruffian.
(d) Man.

8. 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) Books.
(c) Sacks.
(d) Eggs.

9. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.
(a) Collections.
(b) Tax loans.
(c) Personal funds.
(d) Dowries.

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

11. What flower did Shen Fu like to put into a vase instead of growing them in pots during the fall months?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Azaleas.
(d) Crysanthemums.

12. What does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?
(a) A lesson.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Attempted rape.
(d) A schoolyard fight.

13. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.
(a) Their home district.
(b) The capital.
(c) Another country.
(d) Another district.

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

15. Yun showed the Huas how to make _______ which can be moved anywhere and incorporated into the scenery.
(a) Fountains.
(b) Screens.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?

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.

3. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?

4. What should the roots of a potted tree look like when one is choosing between potted trees to raise?

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

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