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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. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.
(a) Shadows.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Stems.
(d) Souls.

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

3. What does Yun do when Shen Fu is off studying with a friend of his father's, according to the book?
(a) Takes on a lover.
(b) Writes him letters.
(c) Decides to get married.
(d) Takes a seamstress job.

4. Shen Fu and Yun worship the Old Man of the _________ as to ensure that they will be able to be together in their next life.
(a) Moon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Stars.
(d) Sun.

5. Shen Fu finds out that a ________ stomach can not handle the taste of meat at first.
(a) Monk.
(b) Vegetarian.
(c) Devout.
(d) Child.

Short Answer 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.

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

3. Everywhere that Shen Fu has gone, he has gone while ____________ others, he realizes when he is writing.

4. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.

5. Han-yuan is the __________ girl of whom Yun has become quite fond during some times together.

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