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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. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.
(a) Yamen.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Soochow.
(d) Shanghai.

2. What does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Tea.
(d) Breadcrumbs.

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

4. Han-yuan is the __________ girl of whom Yun has become quite fond during some times together.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Timid.
(c) Sing-song.
(d) Graceful.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yun believes that having been to the festival, she has not lived a life in ____________, since she has seen such a beautiful pplace.

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

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

5. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?

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