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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. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.
(a) Yamen.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Soochow.
(d) Shanghai.

2. What was the giant that Shen Fu saw when he was concentrating all of his attention on two insects battling in the grass?
(a) Toad.
(b) A stone.
(c) His father.
(d) A man.

3. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?
(a) Photos.
(b) Plants.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Books.

4. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.
(a) Manager.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Magistrator.
(d) Administrator.

5. 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) Terror.
(c) Pain.
(d) Illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.

2. What did Shen Fu use when he didn't have any pieces of stone to put around his narcissi?

3. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.

4. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?

5. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?

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