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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yun and Shen Fu arrange for their son to learn the business of ___________ with another man in order to help him get started in the world.
(a) Writing.
(b) Trading.
(c) Bookkeeping.
(d) Math.

2. Yun lets Shen Fu know that she is the ____________ on a loan for Shen Fu's younger brother and needs to pay the loan back.
(a) Guarnator.
(b) Proxy.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Beneficiary.

3. The Nine _______ Garden near the South Gate, is the most naturally charming, according to Shen Fu when he is writing.
(a) Bamboo.
(b) Peaks.
(c) Immortals.
(d) Towers.

4. How old was Shen Fu when he was told to kowtow to a friend of his father's in order to learn from him?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

5. Shen Fu enjoyed the _______ Spring as the waters were clear, the fish were abundant, and the liveliness was a delight.
(a) Opal.
(b) Jade.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

6. The boatman suggests that the boys go to the village of _________ where his cousin lives, saying it has vacant land.
(a) Shangsha.
(b) Soochow.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Shanghai.

7. Shen Fu finds out that a ________ stomach can not handle the taste of meat at first.
(a) Devout.
(b) Child.
(c) Monk.
(d) Vegetarian.

8. What didn't Shen Fu and his friend Hsin-yueh do during the course of their friendship, according to Shen Fu?
(a) Quarrel.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Travel.
(d) Gamble.

9. The Purple ________ Cave was only as big as a finger and nothing but water bubbled from it.
(a) Sun.
(b) Cloud.
(c) River.
(d) Sky.

10. Yun was unable to go back to her mother to stay for a while since her mother ___________________.
(a) Was dead.
(b) Was too ill.
(c) Was missing.
(d) Did not want her to come home.

11. When Shen Fu saw the problems going on around him when he was a government official, he gave up his position to become a _____________.
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Husband.
(c) Bookkeeper.
(d) Merchant.

12. Yun was hired to embroider the _________ Sutra for a friend when she was having one of her more healthy times.
(a) Chest.
(b) Throat.
(c) Heart.
(d) Leg.

13. When Shen Fu's father thinks he is dying, he tells Shen Fu to work with his friend to study to work in _________________.
(a) The art world.
(b) The military.
(c) A hospital.
(d) Government offices.

14. Shen Fu's father said that since ____________ could write, this person could take over mother's letters for her.
(a) He.
(b) Shen Fu.
(c) Yun.
(d) Chiang.

15. Yun said that the father should forgive her _____________ when she is confronted about the situation.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Attempts.
(c) Naivete.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname that Shen Fu's family gave to Yun when she was a part of the family?

2. The sage once tells Shen Fu that they should not use _______ with too fine a mesh as this will not allow them to catch anything.

3. Who suspected Yun of writing something improper about her when she wrote a letter for her?

4. A monk at the cave invites Shen Fu to see that Ten Thousand Year _____, in the kitchen of a temple.

5. What happened to the County Magistrate which led to Shen Fu's father being moved to Haining?

(see the answer keys)

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