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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. Who once created a sketch of Shen Fu and Yun in a garden, according to the story?
(a) Shen Fu.
(b) Yang Pu-fan.
(c) Chaiang.
(d) Yun.

2. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.
(a) Bamboo.
(b) Lotuses.
(c) Azaleas.
(d) Crysanthemums.

3. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.
(a) Souls.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Stems.
(d) Shadows.

4. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?
(a) Document registration.
(b) Bookkeeping.
(c) Law.
(d) Judicial.

5. What does Yun say that they can bring with them in order to be able to have tea when she and Shen Fu are on an adventure?
(a) Their imagination.
(b) Earthenware pot.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Money to buy one.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.

3. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.

4. What was the favorite flower of Shen Fu during this part of the book, at least?

5. Shen Fu says there should not be more than ___________ vases arranged on a table, according to his detailed writing.

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