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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 goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.
(a) Ground.
(b) Wall.
(c) Sky.
(d) Pot.

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) Magistrate.
(b) Private secretary.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Janitor.

3. What did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?
(a) Characters.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Painting.

4. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Boring.
(c) Floating.
(d) Jumbled.

5. When the project that Yun and Shen Fu are working on is finished, Shen Fu notes that the project has incurred the jealousy of __________.
(a) Hell.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Their neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.

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

3. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?

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

5. What kind of seeds does Shen Fu suggest being ground off and put into an eggshell which can then be put with other chicken eggs?

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