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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 are Shen Fu and Yu living adjacent to when they live near the old woman?
(a) Vegatable garden.
(b) Library.
(c) River temple.
(d) A cave.

2. 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.
(a) Dialect.
(b) Laws.
(c) Villages.
(d) People.

3. What does the Old Man arrange, according to the believe system of Shen Fu and Yun, which is why they worship him?
(a) Matches.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Names.
(d) Families.

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

5. How old does Shen Fu say that he is when he realizes he doesn't want anyone else but Shen Fu?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?

2. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.

3. Shen Fu decided to restore a peasant girl to her family when a man of influence wants to make her a _________.

4. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.

5. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.

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