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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the guests write on the painting that Hsing-lan did after he was done with the work?
(a) Good luck wishes.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Inscriptions.
(d) Names.

2. 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) Photos.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Plants.
(d) Books.

3. Shen Fu and Yun want to _______ themselves in the context of their love when they are reincarnated in their next lives.
(a) Understand.
(b) Please.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Enjoy.

4. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Books.

5. What should a person use to strengthen a plant when the stem begins to fall over, according to Shen Fu's instructions?
(a) Water.
(b) Stones.
(c) Pins.
(d) Tape.

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

7. The Chinese believed their leaders should be _____________ first and bureaucrats second, according to the Introduction.
(a) Family men.
(b) Husbands.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Scholars.

8. 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) Books.
(d) Chalk.

9. Shen Fu says there should not be more than ___________ vases arranged on a table, according to his detailed writing.
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Fourteen.

10. 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) Illness.
(c) Vain.
(d) Pain.

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

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

13. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

14. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.
(a) Azaleas.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Crysanthemums.
(d) Lotuses.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?

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

4. What does the Old Man arrange, according to the believe system of Shen Fu and Yun, which is why they worship him?

5. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.

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