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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. 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.

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

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

4. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.
(a) Large.
(b) Small.
(c) Smaller spaces.
(d) Sky.

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

Short Answer 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.

2. What did Shen Fu use when he didn't have any pieces of stone to put around his narcissi?

3. What is the last date which can be supported as Shen Fu talked about working on the book at that time?

4. The book was recently republished by the People's Literature ______ Society as this book is so well-loved among the readers.

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

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