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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pain.
(d) Illness.

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

3. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.
(a) Unblemished.
(b) True.
(c) Uncommon.
(d) Honorable.

4. Shen Fu describes the fact that he was _____________ to take on the position as a secretary, which is not uncommon.
(a) Badgered.
(b) Commanded.
(c) Invited.
(d) Enticed.

5. 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) Power.
(d) Trash.

6. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?
(a) Books.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Plants.
(d) Photos.

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

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

9. 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) Truth.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fire.
(d) Dragons.

10. What would Shen Fu blow at the mosquitoes when he would let them under the netting as a child?
(a) Smoke.
(b) A candle.
(c) His breath.
(d) A leaf.

11. Yun showed the Huas how to make _______ which can be moved anywhere and incorporated into the scenery.
(a) Stones.
(b) Screens.
(c) Fountains.
(d) Paintings.

12. What does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A schoolyard fight.
(c) A lesson.
(d) Attempted rape.

13. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?
(a) Small stove.
(b) A temple.
(c) Her basket of food.
(d) Her clothing.

14. 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.
(a) Caste systems.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Family trees.
(d) Pictures.

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) Teacher.
(d) Magistrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu was disgusted by the ________ of his friends, which is why he decided to leave the post at which he was stationed.

2. What does Shen Fu say should be different in height, but they should also be in proportion to each other so there is an attractive relationship between them?

3. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.

4. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.

5. What kind of parties did Shen Fu and Yun hold when they had nothing to do during a long summer?

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