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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. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?
(a) Education.
(b) Everyday life.
(c) Books.
(d) Family life.

2. What should a person use to strengthen a plant when the stem begins to fall over, according to Shen Fu's instructions?
(a) Pins.
(b) Water.
(c) Tape.
(d) Stones.

3. What did Shen Fu's malaria eventually turn into because he did not take good care of himself, according to Shen Fu?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Polio.
(d) Whooping cough.

4. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a quote from the ancients: "Lack of ________ in a woman is a virtue."
(a) Peace.
(b) Honor.
(c) Talent.
(d) Money.

5. The Purple ________ Cave was only as big as a finger and nothing but water bubbled from it.
(a) River.
(b) Sky.
(c) Cloud.
(d) Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu admits there are usually retributions for one's own _______,but he does not see this to be the case with himself.

2. What kind of parties did Shen Fu and Yun hold when they had nothing to do during a long summer?

3. What did Shen Fu's father notice was different about the letters Yun had been writing for Shen Fu's mother?

4. The famous madam in the area named ________ was also there, dressed up like a flower drum lady.

5. A monk at the cave invites Shen Fu to see that Ten Thousand Year _____, in the kitchen of a temple.

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