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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Delights of Roaming Afar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who agrees with the plan that Shen Fu and Yun have in place, even though it seems strange he would agree to it?
(a) The Westerner.
(b) Shen Fu's mother.
(c) Shen Fu's father.
(d) The bank.

2. What did Shen Fu's malaria eventually turn into because he did not take good care of himself, according to Shen Fu?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Polio.
(d) Typhoid fever.

3. What would Shen Fu and Yun do if they were unable to pay for their expenses, though this did not work for long?
(a) Pawn possessions.
(b) Get loans.
(c) Gamble.
(d) Donate blood.

4. When the project that Yun and Shen Fu are working on is finished, Shen Fu notes that the project has incurred the jealousy of __________.
(a) Hell.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) Their neighbors.
(d) Heaven.

5. At the very head of the gardens was a park called _________ Park, and after a turn north, there was a stone bridge called Rainbow Bridge.
(a) Rainbow.
(b) Rolling.
(c) Stone.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yun was hired to embroider the _________ Sutra for a friend when she was having one of her more healthy times.

2. One of the largest empires in the world was led by men who knew more about the _______ of a thousand years before than about the tax law.

3. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.

4. What did Shen Fu's father notice was different about the letters Yun had been writing for Shen Fu's mother?

5. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.

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