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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The neighbor asks Yun if she knows the __________ with whom Shen Fu was drinking the night before, as they are on the return trip.
(a) Man.
(b) Woman.
(c) Ruffian.
(d) Emperor.

3. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?
(a) Chang.
(b) Hsi.
(c) Pao.
(d) Lao.

4. 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.

5. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.
(a) Another district.
(b) The capital.
(c) Their home district.
(d) Another country.

6. 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) Truth.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Fire.

7. Shen Fu imagines _________ flying through trees and mountains when he is lying the grass as a child.
(a) Eagles.
(b) Phoenixes.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Doves.

8. Hsing-lan was drunk, but he said that he could paint the flowers' ____________ even if he could not paint the portrait.
(a) Shadows.
(b) Stems.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Souls.

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

10. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?
(a) Courtesan.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Trubanon.
(d) Regalian.

11. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.
(a) Collections.
(b) Personal funds.
(c) Tax loans.
(d) Dowries.

12. What would Shen Fu blow at the mosquitoes when he would let them under the netting as a child?
(a) A candle.
(b) Smoke.
(c) A leaf.
(d) His breath.

13. Shen Fu and Yun worship the Old Man of the _________ as to ensure that they will be able to be together in their next life.
(a) Dawn.
(b) Sun.
(c) Moon.
(d) Stars.

14. How many records seem to be missing from the manuscript which has been compiled about Shen Fu's life?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

15. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?
(a) Carver.
(b) Writer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?

2. What can one make if the pile up some dirt, then place stones on it and plants flowers and grass here and there?

3. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?

4. What does Yun point out does NOT happen when an insect dies, so she suggests Shen Fu study this?

5. Shen Fu thinks that when laying out a landscape, it should be a goal to give the feeling of the small in the ______________.

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