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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the first translator of the book in 1935, according to the introduction of the book?
(a) Lin Yutang.
(b) Chang Ling.
(c) Ling Shuag.
(d) Lina Shuan.

3. What does Shen Fu always have on his desk when he was living at home, according to the book?
(a) A stone.
(b) A picture of Yun.
(c) A gardening book.
(d) A vase of flowers.

4. What does Yun do when Shen Fu is off studying with a friend of his father's, according to the book?
(a) Decides to get married.
(b) Takes a seamstress job.
(c) Writes him letters.
(d) Takes on a lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?

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

4. 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.

5. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.

Short Essay Questions

1. How would the Pavilion of the Waves' Lotus Lovers' Hall be described, according to the book?

2. What is the gift from a friend that Shen Fu receives when he is younger, which causes him to go into a lot of detail?

3. What it the task which Wan Tsai-chang completed, which makes him the only person that Shen Fu knows to have done such a thing?

4. What does Shen Fu describe doing when he was a child when he was lying on the grass?

5. Why do Shen Fu and Yun want to be reincarnated to be with each other in their next life? What do they hope to achieve?

6. Why are Shen Fu's failings described as falling into the category of provision for his family?

7. While it's not clear whether all of the transcripts will be found, what does the introduction say about the translation and what it is meant to do?

8. What is the advice that Yun gives to Shen Fu about painting insects as a part of his artistic endeavors?

9. Why does the book become a national favorite for those who read it as the times of the day in China were much different?

10. Why was Shen Fu's favorite orchid destroyed, according to the story that Shen Fu is writing?

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