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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 tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Books.

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 _________.
(a) Wall.
(b) Ground.
(c) Pot.
(d) Sky.

3. Who discovers that Yun is dressed up as a man, which causes them to be discovered during the festival?
(a) Shen Fu's father.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A group of girls.
(d) No one.

4. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.
(a) Sing.
(b) Drink.
(c) Open their eyes.
(d) Talk.

5. 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) Poorer stones.
(b) Paint.
(c) Glass.
(d) Food scraps.

Short Answer Questions

1. If there is a tall stand and shorter stands are spread around it, with the ones in the back being tall and the ones in the front being short, it is called a beautiful pile of _______, by some people.

2. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?

3. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.

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

5. Who is Han-yuan sold to, which saddens Yun very much upon finding out this information from another?

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