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

2. At the very head of the gardens was a park called _________ Park, and after a turn north, there was a stone bridge called Rainbow Bridge.
(a) Water.
(b) Rolling.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) Stone.

3. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a quote from the ancients: "Lack of ________ in a woman is a virtue."
(a) Money.
(b) Honor.
(c) Talent.
(d) Peace.

4. What was Shen Fu afraid that Yun would do during the debacle with the family and the accusations made of her?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Divorce him.
(c) Run away.
(d) Hurt his family.

5. What was the name of the girl which Yun had given birth to fourteen years before?
(a) Ling-chun.
(b) Ching-la.
(c) Ching-chun.
(d) Chun.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shen Fu's father thinks he is dying, he tells Shen Fu to work with his friend to study to work in _________________.

2. Everywhere that Shen Fu has gone, he has gone while ____________ others, he realizes when he is writing.

3. While the scent of the flowers overcame much of the dinner, what was the one ingredient which could not be overcome?

4. Shen Fu notes that when he tried to sell paintings from his home, he did not make enough in _________ days to pay the expenses of one.

5. What did Shen Fu bite into, even as the others told him not to do so?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yun always try to do for the Shen Fu family, even though they are less than nice to her when she is around?

2. Why are the visits that Shen Fu makes with his friend during a more special time than any other time?

3. What does Shen Fu have to say about the differences between impressions of seeing a place?

4. What is Yun referred to when the times in the Yun and Shen Fu household begin to be difficult?

5. Why wasn't it a good idea to feed the novice at the monastery, according to Shen Fu?

6. What happens when the others seem to accuse Shen Fu and Yun of so many things which end up being misunderstandings?

7. What happens to the scent of the food when Shen Fu eats with the Chen family?

8. What happened at Chungwen Academy when Shen Fu is a boy, according to his writings?

9. When Shen Fu's father stopped receiving letters from Shen Fu's mother, what did he think of Yun?

10. What places does Shen Fu like the best when he is moved to Hangchou as a young boy?

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