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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. 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?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Yun.
(d) Shen Fu's father.

2. What was the highest position to which Shen Fu rose in the story, a lower position, though Shen Fu was content in it?
(a) Private secretary.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Teacher.

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

4. As a result of the rules, the magistrate might even be ignorant of the local _______ of the area in which he might be placed for his duties.
(a) Laws.
(b) Dialect.
(c) People.
(d) Villages.

5. What does Shen Fu say should be different in height, but they should also be in proportion to each other so there is an attractive relationship between them?
(a) Petals.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Branches.
(d) Stands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu says there should not be more than ___________ vases arranged on a table, according to his detailed writing.

2. The bedroom that Shen Fu and Yun share is called - "The Pavilion of My Guest's _______________."

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 is the other name for the scrotum that is referenced in the first part of this section, as Shen Fu has an accident?

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