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

2. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.
(a) Married.
(b) Successful.
(c) Educated.
(d) Literate.

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

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

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. Who discovers that Yun is dressed up as a man, which causes them to be discovered during the festival?

2. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?

3. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?

4. Han-yuan is the __________ girl of whom Yun has become quite fond during some times together.

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

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