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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pleasures of Leisure.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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.
(a) Woman.
(b) Ruffian.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Man.

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

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

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) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?

2. Poor scholars who live in crowded houses should imitate the sterns of Taiping ___________ of Shen Fu's home country.

3. The bedroom that Shen Fu and Yun share is called - "The Pavilion of My Guest's _______________."

4. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?

5. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?

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