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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. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.
(a) Another district.
(b) Their home district.
(c) Another country.
(d) The capital.

2. What is the relationship between Yun and Shen Fu when they first meet during their lives?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Friends.
(c) Classmates.
(d) Enemies.

3. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?
(a) Hsi.
(b) Pao.
(c) Lao.
(d) Chang.

4. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.
(a) Ruffian.
(b) Woman.
(c) Man.
(d) Emperor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The sage once tells Shen Fu that they should not use _______ with too fine a mesh as this will not allow them to catch anything.

2. Everywhere that Shen Fu has gone, he has gone while ____________ others, he realizes when he is writing.

3. What has become a cool and beautiful haven for young lovers in the area of Shen Fu's schooling?

4. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.

5. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?

(see the answer key)

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