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

2. 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 man.
(b) His father.
(c) Toad.
(d) A stone.

3. Shen Fu was disgusted by the ________ of his friends, which is why he decided to leave the post at which he was stationed.
(a) Misdeeds.
(b) Showboating.
(c) Laws.
(d) Writings.

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

5. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.
(a) Pot.
(b) Wall.
(c) Sky.
(d) Ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bedroom that Shen Fu and Yun share is called - "The Pavilion of My Guest's _______________."

2. What was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?

3. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?

4. The proper training of a ______ takes at least thirty to forty years, and Shen Fu notes he has only known one man to achieve this task.

5. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shen Fu imagine the bug is when he is observing it out in nature, according to the book?

2. What are the other two favorite flowers of Shen Fu, which he describes in the story according to the way he arranges them and pots them?

3. Why does Shen Fu take up so much time talking about the arrangement of pots and cases? What is he trying to do for the plants?

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

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

6. What happens with the family as a result of the incident which Shen Fu has to deal when when he is a child?

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

8. Why does the teacher send Shen Fu home in order to write his compositions for school, according to the book?

9. What doesn't Shen Fu understand about other couples since he and Yun's relationship is so different from the others?

10. What else did Yun teach herself to do, according to the description from Shen Fu in the story?

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