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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. _______ stories in China are rare, so this might be one of the reasons why this book became so popular with the readers of the time.
(a) Horror.
(b) Class.
(c) Love.
(d) Art.

2. How long did it take for Shen Fu's father to realize what had happened with Yun and to ask them to come home?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) Two years.

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

4. How many places in the world does Shen Fu say that he has visited in the beginning of this section?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

5. In what city was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Soochow.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Shanghai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?

2. What would Shen Fu blow at the mosquitoes when he would let them under the netting as a child?

3. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?

4. Yun noted that she would rather have Shen Fu's ______ blame her than to have the other relative unhappy with her.

5. Shen Fu notes that he likes to have his own __________ on things and not rely on the ideas of others to cloud his vision.

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