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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 does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?
(a) Attempted rape.
(b) A schoolyard fight.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A lesson.

2. Shen Fu tells the reader to create small scenes as lovely as ________ when adding detail in the pot with flowers and stones.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Books.
(d) Pictures.

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

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?
(a) Money to buy one.
(b) Earthenware pot.
(c) Their imagination.
(d) Nothing.

5. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?
(a) Education.
(b) Books.
(c) Family life.
(d) Everyday life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last date which can be supported as Shen Fu talked about working on the book at that time?

2. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.

3. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.

4. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.

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

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