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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first translator of the book in 1935, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Lin Yutang.
(b) Chang Ling.
(c) Lina Shuan.
(d) Ling Shuag.

2. What is the relationship between Yun and Shen Fu when they first meet during their lives?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Friends.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Classmates.

3. What are Shen Fu and Yu living adjacent to when they live near the old woman?
(a) River temple.
(b) Vegatable garden.
(c) A cave.
(d) Library.

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

5. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a saying: "Even the ends of ____________ and sawdust have their uses."
(a) Paper.
(b) Food.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Sticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?

2. What is not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?

3. _______ stories in China are rare, so this might be one of the reasons why this book became so popular with the readers of the time.

4. What kind of parties did Shen Fu and Yun hold when they had nothing to do during a long summer?

5. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.

Short Essay Questions

1. How would the Pavilion of the Waves' Lotus Lovers' Hall be described, according to the book?

2. What else did Yun teach herself to do, according to the description from Shen Fu in the story?

3. Why does the teacher send Shen Fu home in order to write his compositions for school, according to the book?

4. How does Shen Fu describe the cleverness of Yun when he talks about her life and her upbringing?

5. What does Shen Fu imagine the bug is when he is observing it out in nature, according to the book?

6. What does Shen Fu think that people with modest homes should try to do with their homes and their arrangements?

7. Why are Shen Fu's failings described as falling into the category of provision for his family?

8. What are the other two favorite flowers of Shen Fu, which he describes in the story according to the way he arranges them and pots them?

9. What did Yun's family laugh at her for which made her sheepish in the days leading up to her wedding with Shen Yu?

10. What is the therapy that Shen Fu receives for his most unfortunate injury, according to the book?

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