Correct: The answer is b. Zhang Ying thought that land was the best form of property, because it was one of the few things one could purchase that did not decay over time.

Incorrect: The answer is b. Zhang Ying thought that land was the best form of property, because it was one of the few things one could purchase that did not decay over time.

1. In Zhang Ying’s view, which of these was the best investment?

Correct: The answer is a. Zhang Ying saw the young heirs of his time as willfully ignorant pleasure seekers who had no concern for the land or the peasants who worked on it.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Zhang Ying saw the young heirs of his time as willfully ignorant pleasure seekers who had no concern for the land or the peasants who worked on it.

2. How did Zhang Ying view the wealthy young people of his day?

Correct: The answer is d. Ihara Saikaku dismissed the role of luck in the acquisition of wealth, connecting it instead to individual effort and ability.

Incorrect: The answer is d. Ihara Saikaku dismissed the role of luck in the acquisition of wealth, connecting it instead to individual effort and ability.

3. According to Ihara Saikaku, how did people get rich?

Correct: The answer is b. Ihara Saikaku described the ideal life cycle as culminating in a man turning over his business to his eldest son and devoting “the remainder of his days to visiting temples for the sake of his soul.”

Incorrect: The answer is b. Ihara Saikaku described the ideal life cycle as culminating in a man turning over his business to his eldest son and devoting “the remainder of his days to visiting temples for the sake of his soul.”

4. According to Ihara Saikaku, what should a man do in his old age?