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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) Laws.
(c) Misdeeds.
(d) Writings.

2. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.
(a) Their home district.
(b) The capital.
(c) Another country.
(d) Another district.

3. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a saying: "Even the ends of ____________ and sawdust have their uses."
(a) Sticks.
(b) Paper.
(c) Food.
(d) Bamboo.

4. Shen Fu and Yun want to _______ themselves in the context of their love when they are reincarnated in their next lives.
(a) Please.
(b) Understand.
(c) Enjoy.
(d) Perfect.

5. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?
(a) Mess.
(b) A landscape.
(c) Fountain.
(d) Ant hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of seeds does Shen Fu suggest being ground off and put into an eggshell which can then be put with other chicken eggs?

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

3. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?

4. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.

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

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