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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) Courtesan.
(c) Regalian.
(d) Prostitute.

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

3. One of the largest empires in the world was led by men who knew more about the _______ of a thousand years before than about the tax law.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Family trees.
(c) Caste systems.
(d) Pictures.

4. In what city was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Soochow.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Chicago.

5. The book was recently republished by the People's Literature ______ Society as this book is so well-loved among the readers.
(a) Literary.
(b) Romance Novel.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.

3. Who was the first translator of the book in 1935, according to the introduction of the book?

4. 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.

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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