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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Part I: Joys of the Wedding Chamber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.
(a) Dragons.
(b) Fire.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Truth.

2. What is the last date which can be supported as Shen Fu talked about working on the book at that time?
(a) 1709.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1809.

3. Shen Fu was one who accomplished a great feat in China, becoming ________, without becoming a literatus.
(a) Married.
(b) Successful.
(c) Educated.
(d) Literate.

4. Shen Fu decided to restore a peasant girl to her family when a man of influence wants to make her a _________.
(a) Sister.
(b) Concubine.
(c) Second wife.
(d) Slave.

5. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?
(a) Private job offer.
(b) Lower status job.
(c) Courtesan.
(d) Family loan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?

3. What does Yun leave for Shen Fu up until the day of their wedding day, something that gets her mocked by others?

4. What is not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?

5. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?

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