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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pleasures of Leisure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the point of sawing halfway through a stem and inserting a small piece of brick or stone into the cut?
(a) To create a tree-like appearance.
(b) To make the stem shorter.
(c) Making a curve.
(d) There isn't.

2. Yun believes that having been to the festival, she has not lived a life in ____________, since she has seen such a beautiful pplace.
(a) Vain.
(b) Illness.
(c) Pain.
(d) Terror.

3. While Shen Fu's favorite flower doesn't have a __________, the colors are long-lasting and they are easy to prune.
(a) Lot of flowers.
(b) Fragrance.
(c) Color.
(d) Bud.

4. What was the sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?
(a) Bees.
(b) Tea leaves.
(c) Bamboo stalks.
(d) Mosquitoes.

5. What did Shen Fu use when he didn't have any pieces of stone to put around his narcissi?
(a) Yarn.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Sand.
(d) Coal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Shen Fu blow at the mosquitoes when he would let them under the netting as a child?

2. What is the one thing that Yun and Shen Fu always had available when they had friends over to their home?

3. Who once created a sketch of Shen Fu and Yun in a garden, according to the story?

4. What does the Old Man arrange, according to the believe system of Shen Fu and Yun, which is why they worship him?

5. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.

(see the answer key)

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