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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. What was the highest position to which Shen Fu rose in the story, a lower position, though Shen Fu was content in it?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Private secretary.

2. What does Yun suggest that Shen Fu take in order to create a powder which can then fill in the cracks of other stones?
(a) Food scraps.
(b) Glass.
(c) Poorer stones.
(d) Paint.

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

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

5. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?
(a) Partnership, not marriage.
(b) Arranged marriages.
(c) Marriage in childhood.
(d) Loving relationships first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?

2. Who was the only player who was allowed to think about their answers and a person who was considered an official paper?

3. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.

4. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.

5. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a saying: "Even the ends of ____________ and sawdust have their uses."

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