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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pleasures of Leisure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?
(a) 5 cash.
(b) 100 cash.
(c) 10000 cash.
(d) 10 cash.

2. What is the kind of bracelet that Han-yuan is wearing, which is thought to be a sign Han-yuan should live with Yun and Shen Fu?
(a) Moonstone.
(b) Opal.
(c) Jade.
(d) Onyx.

3. The ___________ were one of the members of the yamen staff who were able to actually support themselves on their salaries.
(a) Magistrates.
(b) Judges.
(c) Secretaries.
(d) Board members.

4. Who decides that Shen Fu needs to go home in order to complete his examinations during his schooling with with friend of his father's?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Shen Fu's father.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) Yun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The secretaries in _________, almost by definition at the time of the book, were failures in their lives, according to the Introduction.

2. What are Shen Fu and Yu living adjacent to when they live near the old woman?

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

4. The goal of many of Shen Fu's arrangement techniques is to make the plant look as though it had been grown from the _________.

5. What kind of seeds does Shen Fu suggest being ground off and put into an eggshell which can then be put with other chicken eggs?

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