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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. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.
(a) Dull.
(b) Unofficial.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Poor.

2. What was the highest position to which Shen Fu rose in the story, a lower position, though Shen Fu was content in it?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Private secretary.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Teacher.

3. What is the kind of bracelet that Han-yuan is wearing, which is thought to be a sign Han-yuan should live with Yun and Shen Fu?
(a) Onyx.
(b) Jade.
(c) Opal.
(d) Moonstone.

4. What does Yun do when Shen Fu is off studying with a friend of his father's, according to the book?
(a) Decides to get married.
(b) Takes a seamstress job.
(c) Takes on a lover.
(d) Writes him letters.

5. The ___________ were one of the members of the yamen staff who were able to actually support themselves on their salaries.
(a) Magistrates.
(b) Board members.
(c) Secretaries.
(d) Judges.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ stories in China are rare, so this might be one of the reasons why this book became so popular with the readers of the time.

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

3. Shen Fu and Yun want to _______ themselves in the context of their love when they are reincarnated in their next lives.

4. 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.

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

(see the answer key)

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