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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only player who was allowed to think about their answers and a person who was considered an official paper?
(a) No one.
(b) Chaeing.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) Yun.

2. Shen Fu decided to restore a peasant girl to her family when a man of influence wants to make her a _________.
(a) Concubine.
(b) Sister.
(c) Slave.
(d) Second wife.

3. What is the other name for the scrotum that is referenced in the first part of this section, as Shen Fu has an accident?
(a) Sacks.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Books.

4. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?
(a) A gardening book.
(b) A vase of flowers.
(c) A picture of Yun.
(d) A stone.

5. Han-yuan is the __________ girl of whom Yun has become quite fond during some times together.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Sing-song.
(d) Timid.

6. Shen Fu imagines _________ flying through trees and mountains when he is lying the grass as a child.
(a) Doves.
(b) Phoenixes.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Cranes.

7. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?
(a) A landscape.
(b) Fountain.
(c) Mess.
(d) Ant hill.

8. What are Shen Fu and Yu living adjacent to when they live near the old woman?
(a) Library.
(b) River temple.
(c) Vegatable garden.
(d) A cave.

9. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?
(a) Books.
(b) Family life.
(c) Everyday life.
(d) Education.

10. 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) Pao.
(b) Hsi.
(c) Chang.
(d) Lao.

11. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.
(a) Dragons.
(b) Truth.
(c) Fire.
(d) Flowers.

12. The flower arrangements Shen Fu prefers are those which are not stiff or _________ in their appearance.
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Dull.
(c) Boring.
(d) Gray.

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

14. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.
(a) Beijing.
(b) Yamen.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Soochow.

15. 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's father.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Yun.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become a cool and beautiful haven for young lovers in the area of Shen Fu's schooling?

2. As a result of the rules, the magistrate might even be ignorant of the local _______ of the area in which he might be placed for his duties.

3. 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.

4. What does Yun suggest that Shen Fu take in order to create a powder which can then fill in the cracks of other stones?

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

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