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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. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?
(a) Trubanon.
(b) Regalian.
(c) Courtesan.
(d) Prostitute.

2. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.
(a) Dragons.
(b) Fire.
(c) Truth.
(d) Flowers.

3. 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) Books.
(c) Family life.
(d) Everyday life.

4. Shen Fu decided to restore a peasant girl to her family when a man of influence wants to make her a _________.
(a) Second wife.
(b) Slave.
(c) Sister.
(d) Concubine.

5. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Husbands.
(d) Family men.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of the rules, the magistrate might even be ignorant of the local _______ of the area in which he might be placed for his duties.

2. Who discovers that Yun is dressed up as a man, which causes them to be discovered during the festival?

3. What does Yun do when Shen Fu is off studying with a friend of his father's, according to the book?

4. What does the Old Man arrange, according to the believe system of Shen Fu and Yun, which is why they worship him?

5. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?

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