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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Eggs.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Books.
(d) Sacks.

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

5. What kind of parties did Shen Fu and Yun hold when they had nothing to do during a long summer?
(a) Singing.
(b) Examination.
(c) Pool.
(d) Tea.

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

7. In what city was Shen Fu born, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Soochow.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

10. What does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?
(a) Tea.
(b) Breadcrumbs.
(c) Food.
(d) Books.

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

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

13. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.
(a) Married.
(b) Successful.
(c) Literate.
(d) Educated.

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

15. What was the giant that Shen Fu saw when he was concentrating all of his attention on two insects battling in the grass?
(a) A stone.
(b) Toad.
(c) A man.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.

2. Who was the only player who was allowed to think about their answers and a person who was considered an official paper?

3. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?

4. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.

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.

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