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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. Yun showed the Huas how to make _______ which can be moved anywhere and incorporated into the scenery.
(a) Stones.
(b) Screens.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Fountains.

2. What is the point of sawing halfway through a stem and inserting a small piece of brick or stone into the cut?
(a) To create a tree-like appearance.
(b) To make the stem shorter.
(c) There isn't.
(d) Making a curve.

3. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?
(a) Education.
(b) Books.
(c) Everyday life.
(d) Family life.

4. Who decides that Shen Fu needs to go home in order to complete his examinations during his schooling with with friend of his father's?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Yun.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) Shen Fu's father.

5. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?
(a) Lower status job.
(b) Private job offer.
(c) Courtesan.
(d) Family loan.

Short Answer Questions

1. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.

2. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.

3. Shen Fu describes the fact that he was _____________ to take on the position as a secretary, which is not uncommon.

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

5. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?

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