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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When the project that Yun and Shen Fu are working on is finished, Shen Fu notes that the project has incurred the jealousy of __________.
(a) Their neighbors.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) The Emperor.

4. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?
(a) Secretary.
(b) No one.
(c) Courtesan.
(d) Concubine.

5. Who once created a sketch of Shen Fu and Yun in a garden, according to the story?
(a) Chaiang.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Yang Pu-fan.
(d) Yun.

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

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

8. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.
(a) Ruffian.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Man.
(d) Woman.

9. 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 clothing.
(d) Her basket of food.

10. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.
(a) Collections.
(b) Personal funds.
(c) Dowries.
(d) Tax loans.

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

12. What was the sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?
(a) Bees.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Tea leaves.
(d) Bamboo stalks.

13. What was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?
(a) 100 cash.
(b) 10 cash.
(c) 5 cash.
(d) 10000 cash.

14. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.
(a) Ground.
(b) Wall.
(c) Pot.
(d) Sky.

15. _______ 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) Class.
(b) Horror.
(c) Love.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the favorite flower of Shen Fu during this part of the book, at least?

2. What did the guests write on the painting that Hsing-lan did after he was done with the work?

3. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?

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

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

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