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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of seeds does Shen Fu suggest being ground off and put into an eggshell which can then be put with other chicken eggs?
(a) Caraway seeds.
(b) Lotus seeds.
(c) Blackberry seeds.
(d) Calamus seeds.

2. Yun believes that having been to the festival, she has not lived a life in ____________, since she has seen such a beautiful pplace.
(a) Terror.
(b) Vain.
(c) Illness.
(d) Pain.

3. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?
(a) Chang.
(b) Lao.
(c) Hsi.
(d) Pao.

4. 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.
(a) Truth.
(b) Nature.
(c) Trash.
(d) Power.

5. The proper training of a ______ takes at least thirty to forty years, and Shen Fu notes he has only known one man to achieve this task.
(a) Stream.
(b) Stone.
(c) Flower.
(d) Tree.

6. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.
(a) Large.
(b) Small.
(c) Sky.
(d) Smaller spaces.

7. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?
(a) Private job offer.
(b) Lower status job.
(c) Courtesan.
(d) Family loan.

8. What has become a cool and beautiful haven for young lovers in the area of Shen Fu's schooling?
(a) Gazebo.
(b) Stream.
(c) Palace.
(d) The rock garden.

9. The book was recently republished by the People's Literature ______ Society as this book is so well-loved among the readers.
(a) Love.
(b) Romance Novel.
(c) Literary.
(d) Publishing.

10. Who decides that Shen Fu needs to go home in order to complete his examinations during his schooling with with friend of his father's?
(a) Shen Fu.
(b) Shen Fu's father.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Yun.

11. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?
(a) Trubanon.
(b) Courtesan.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Regalian.

12. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Poor.
(c) Dull.
(d) Unofficial.

13. 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) Souls.
(d) Stems.

14. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?
(a) Arranged marriages.
(b) Marriage in childhood.
(c) Loving relationships first.
(d) Partnership, not marriage.

15. What was the highest position to which Shen Fu rose in the story, a lower position, though Shen Fu was content in it?
(a) Private secretary.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Yun and Shen Fu when they first meet during their lives?

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

4. What was the giant that Shen Fu saw when he was concentrating all of his attention on two insects battling in the grass?

5. Who was the first translator of the book in 1935, according to the introduction of the book?

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