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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 was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?
(a) 100 cash.
(b) 5 cash.
(c) 10000 cash.
(d) 10 cash.

2. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.
(a) Books.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Poetry.

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

4. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. 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) Dowries.
(d) Personal funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides that Shen Fu needs to go home in order to complete his examinations during his schooling with with friend of his father's?

2. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?

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

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

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

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