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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Delights of Roaming Afar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Han-yuan sold to, which saddens Yun very much upon finding out this information from another?
(a) Shen Fu.
(b) Shen Fu's father.
(c) Business man.
(d) The magistrate.

2. The gravekeeper made a soup out of __________, which looked like pears when they were dug up from the ground.
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Orchids.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Azaleas.

3. In what city was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Soochow.
(d) Beijing.

4. A monk at the cave invites Shen Fu to see that Ten Thousand Year _____, in the kitchen of a temple.
(a) Cup.
(b) Tomb.
(c) Urn.
(d) Oven.

5. Shen Fu says his father spent money like ________, and most of it on other people.
(a) Dirt.
(b) Oil.
(c) Water.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Shen Fu threw out a rock into the water to see how deep it was?

2. If there is a tall stand and shorter stands are spread around it, with the ones in the back being tall and the ones in the front being short, it is called a beautiful pile of _______, by some people.

3. What is the point of sawing halfway through a stem and inserting a small piece of brick or stone into the cut?

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

5. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.

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