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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 sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?
(a) Bamboo stalks.
(b) Bees.
(c) Tea leaves.
(d) Mosquitoes.

2. What is not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?
(a) Tax collection.
(b) Judicial.
(c) Registration of documents.
(d) Bookkeeping.

3. 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) Emperor.
(b) Man.
(c) Woman.
(d) Ruffian.

4. What should the roots of a potted tree look like when one is choosing between potted trees to raise?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Chicken feet.
(c) Bamboo shoots.
(d) Cranes.

5. What does Yun point out does NOT happen when an insect dies, so she suggests Shen Fu study this?
(a) They move.
(b) Colors fade.
(c) They breathe.
(d) They arrange themselves.

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. What is the other name for the scrotum that is referenced in the first part of this section, as Shen Fu has an accident?

4. While Shen Fu's favorite flower doesn't have a __________, the colors are long-lasting and they are easy to prune.

5. What did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?

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