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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. Shen Fu imagines _________ flying through trees and mountains when he is lying the grass as a child.
(a) Cranes.
(b) Doves.
(c) Phoenixes.
(d) Eagles.

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

3. What did Shen Fu use when he didn't have any pieces of stone to put around his narcissi?
(a) Sand.
(b) Coal.
(c) Yarn.
(d) Fabric.

4. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.
(a) Boring.
(b) Floating.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Jumbled.

5. Poor scholars who live in crowded houses should imitate the sterns of Taiping ___________ of Shen Fu's home country.
(a) Cottages.
(b) Boats.
(c) Villages.
(d) Temples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yun suggest that Shen Fu take in order to create a powder which can then fill in the cracks of other stones?

2. The ___________ were one of the members of the yamen staff who were able to actually support themselves on their salaries.

3. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.

4. What does Yun say that they can bring with them in order to be able to have tea when she and Shen Fu are on an adventure?

5. What does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What are some of the things which Shen Fu describes in relation to the placement of rocks?

4. What does Shen Fu tells his parents about Yun when they meet as cousins when he is thirteen-years-old?

5. What does Shen Fu's education prepare him to be, which is a disappointment to his family as the reader learns in the story?

6. What happened to destroy the work that Shen Fu and Yun did on their yard?

7. What are three things which Shen Fu gives instructions on when he is talking about plants and caring for plants?

8. What are the things that Shen Fu and Yun discuss when they do the Pavilion together?

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

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

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