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Quiz for Working with Evidence: The Leisure Life of China’s Elites

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Source 8.1: A Banquet with the Emperor

Source 8.2: At Table with the Empress

Source 8.3: A Literary Gathering

Source 8.4: An Elite Night Party

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question

1. Which of the following is an important difference between the portrayal of the emperor in A Banquet with the Emperor (Source 8.1) and At Table with the Empress (Source 8.2)?

The emperor is the only one dining at his banquet, while at the empress’s feast everyone eats.

The emperor is portrayed listening to music, while no musicians are present at the empress’s feast.

The emperor dines with both men and women, while the empress dines just with women.

The emperor sits by himself at one end of the table, while the empress sits among her guests.

1. Which of the following is an important difference between the portrayal of the emperor in A Banquet with the Emperor (Source 8.1) and At Table with the Empress (Source 8.2)?

Question

2. Which of the following inferences might reasonably be made after an examination of A Banquet with the Emperor (Source 8.1) and At Table with the Empress (Source 8.2)?

That women and men sometimes socialized in single-sex groups

That men partook in musical diversions, but women did not

That women at court ate very different foods than men did

That men only dined indoors, but women sometimes dined outdoors

2. Which of the following inferences might reasonably be made after an examination of A Banquet with the Emperor (Source 8.1) and At Table with the Empress (Source 8.2)?

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3. Which of the following statements about women is supported by the Sources in Chapter 8?

Elite women dressed more simply than their male counterparts.

Women and men mixed freely in a variety of social contexts.

Women musicians were a part of elite Chinese society.

Women were able to engage in scholarly pursuits.

3. Which of the following statements about women is supported by the Sources in Chapter 8?

Question

4. Who commissioned An Elite Night Party (Source 8.4)?

Emperor Li Yu

Han Xizai

Emperor Huizong

Gu Hongzhong

4. Who commissioned An Elite Night Party (Source 8.4)?

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5. Which of the following best describes what the figures depicted in A Literary Gathering (Source 8.3) are engaged in?

Scholarly argument

Light conversation

Government business

Contemplation

5. Which of the following best describes what the figures depicted in A Literary Gathering (Source 8.3) are engaged in?