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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. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?
(a) Photos.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Books.
(d) Plants.

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

3. What is the relationship between Yun and Shen Fu when they first meet during their lives?
(a) Friends.
(b) Classmates.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Enemies.

4. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.
(a) Stems.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Souls.
(d) Shadows.

5. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.
(a) Sing.
(b) Drink.
(c) Open their eyes.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.

2. Who is Han-yuan sold to, which saddens Yun very much upon finding out this information from another?

3. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.

4. What does Shen Fu say should be different in height, but they should also be in proportion to each other so there is an attractive relationship between them?

5. Who was the first translator of the book in 1935, according to the introduction of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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. What does Shen Fu think that people with modest homes should try to do with their homes and their arrangements?

5. What is the job that Shen Fu takes on within the government, as a result of his education?

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

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

8. How does Shen Fu describe the cleverness of Yun when he talks about her life and her upbringing?

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

10. What is the interesting way that Shen Fu and Yun want to be reincarnated when they are born again in their next life?

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