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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Caraway seeds.
(b) Calamus seeds.
(c) Blackberry seeds.
(d) Lotus seeds.

2. One of the largest empires in the world was led by men who knew more about the _______ of a thousand years before than about the tax law.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Caste systems.
(c) Family trees.
(d) Pictures.

3. What should the roots of a potted tree look like when one is choosing between potted trees to raise?
(a) Cranes.
(b) Chicken feet.
(c) Bamboo shoots.
(d) Clouds.

4. Yun showed the Huas how to make _______ which can be moved anywhere and incorporated into the scenery.
(a) Stones.
(b) Fountains.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Screens.

5. What flower did Shen Fu like to put into a vase instead of growing them in pots during the fall months?
(a) Crysanthemums.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Azaleas.
(d) Roses.

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. What is the one thing that Yun and Shen Fu always had available when they had friends over to their home?

3. What could Shen Fu have taken on in order to ensure that he was able to pay for the medicine that Yun needed?

4. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yun's family laugh at her for which made her sheepish in the days leading up to her wedding with Shen Yu?

2. What does Shen Fu think that people with modest homes should try to do with their homes and their arrangements?

3. What is the interesting way that Shen Fu and Yun want to be reincarnated when they are born again in their next life?

4. What is the gift from a friend that Shen Fu receives when he is younger, which causes him to go into a lot of detail?

5. Why do Shen Fu and Yun want to be reincarnated to be with each other in their next life? What do they hope to achieve?

6. While it's not clear whether all of the transcripts will be found, what does the introduction say about the translation and what it is meant to do?

7. Why does the book become a national favorite for those who read it as the times of the day in China were much different?

8. What it the task which Wan Tsai-chang completed, which makes him the only person that Shen Fu knows to have done such a thing?

9. What does Shen Fu tells his parents about Yun when they meet as cousins when he is thirteen-years-old?

10. Why was Shen Fu's favorite orchid destroyed, according to the story that Shen Fu is writing?

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