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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. While the secretaries were very powerful, according to the Introduction, they were also very ____________, which caused them to be less respected.
(a) Poor.
(b) Unofficial.
(c) Dull.
(d) Uneducated.

2. What has become a cool and beautiful haven for young lovers in the area of Shen Fu's schooling?
(a) Stream.
(b) Palace.
(c) The rock garden.
(d) Gazebo.

3. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?
(a) Bookkeeping.
(b) Law.
(c) Document registration.
(d) Judicial.

4. As a result of the rules, the magistrate might even be ignorant of the local _______ of the area in which he might be placed for his duties.
(a) Laws.
(b) Dialect.
(c) People.
(d) Villages.

5. What was the sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?
(a) Tea leaves.
(b) Bees.
(c) Bamboo stalks.
(d) Mosquitoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. If there is a tall stand and shorter stands are spread around it, with the ones in the back being tall and the ones in the front being short, it is called a beautiful pile of _______, by some people.

2. Shen Fu imagines _________ flying through trees and mountains when he is lying the grass as a child.

3. Yun believes that having been to the festival, she has not lived a life in ____________, since she has seen such a beautiful pplace.

4. 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?

5. The proper training of a ______ takes at least thirty to forty years, and Shen Fu notes he has only known one man to achieve this task.

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