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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Part I: Joys of the Wedding Chamber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shen Fu and Yun want to _______ themselves in the context of their love when they are reincarnated in their next lives.
(a) Perfect.
(b) Please.
(c) Enjoy.
(d) Understand.

2. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?
(a) Arranged marriages.
(b) Loving relationships first.
(c) Marriage in childhood.
(d) Partnership, not marriage.

3. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?
(a) Courtesan.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Concubine.
(d) No one.

4. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.

2. What does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?

3. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?

4. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?

5. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.

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