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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. Shen Fu says that he defines frugality as knowing when to save _______________, according to his writings.
(a) Worry.
(b) Time.
(c) Patience.
(d) Money.

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

3. What is the other name for the scrotum that is referenced in the first part of this section, as Shen Fu has an accident?
(a) Sacks.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Books.
(d) Chalk.

4. Shen Fu was disgusted by the ________ of his friends, which is why he decided to leave the post at which he was stationed.
(a) Writings.
(b) Misdeeds.
(c) Laws.
(d) Showboating.

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.
(a) Stream.
(b) Tree.
(c) Flower.
(d) Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ stories in China are rare, so this might be one of the reasons why this book became so popular with the readers of the time.

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

3. Yun showed the Huas how to make _______ which can be moved anywhere and incorporated into the scenery.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shen Fu describe the cleverness of Yun when he talks about her life and her upbringing?

2. What is the advice that Yun gives to Shen Fu about painting insects as a part of his artistic endeavors?

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 does Yun do when she is separated from Shen Fu while he is off training in order to be a government official?

5. What doesn't Shen Fu understand about other couples since he and Yun's relationship is so different from the others?

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

7. What are the other two favorite flowers of Shen Fu, which he describes in the story according to the way he arranges them and pots them?

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

9. What does Shen Fu's education prepare him to be, which is a disappointment to his family as the reader learns in the story?

10. 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?

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