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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 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 gardening book.
(c) A picture of Yun.
(d) A stone.

2. _______ 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.
(a) Art.
(b) Love.
(c) Horror.
(d) Class.

3. Poor scholars who live in crowded houses should imitate the sterns of Taiping ___________ of Shen Fu's home country.
(a) Boats.
(b) Villages.
(c) Cottages.
(d) Temples.

4. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Family men.
(c) Husbands.
(d) Scholars.

5. What was the favorite flower of Shen Fu during this part of the book, at least?
(a) Hibiscus.
(b) Azalea.
(c) Rose.
(d) Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flower did Shen Fu like to put into a vase instead of growing them in pots during the fall months?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.

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