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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 not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?
(a) Judicial.
(b) Registration of documents.
(c) Bookkeeping.
(d) Tax collection.

2. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.
(a) Personal funds.
(b) Tax loans.
(c) Dowries.
(d) Collections.

3. What is the relationship between Yun and Shen Fu when they first meet during their lives?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Friends.
(d) Classmates.

4. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.
(a) Magistrator.
(b) Manager.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Administrator.

5. Shen Fu was disgusted by the ________ of his friends, which is why he decided to leave the post at which he was stationed.
(a) Misdeeds.
(b) Writings.
(c) Showboating.
(d) Laws.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the last date which can be supported as Shen Fu talked about working on the book at that time?

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

5. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?

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