Seven Ages of K'ang-hsi Part 2

Order the first five of the "Seven Ages of Man" according to a word or phrase from As You Like It.

• cannon's mouth

• round belly

• snail

• the nurse's arms

• woeful ballad

Order the last five of the "Seven Ages of Man" according to a word or phrase from As You Like It.

• woeful ballad

• cannon's mouth

• round belly

• spectacles

• second childishness

Match a key word from "the seven ages" to a word or phrase related to K'ang-hsi's life.

• perpetual bickering

• furnace

• marriage

• oblivion

• concentrate power

• quarrel

• Peking winter

• shrunk

• archer

• severe

For the first half of his ​ (a)   , until his early forties, K'ang-hsi ​ (b)   ​ (c)   the image of an Emperor Wu, ​ ​ (d)   domestic unrest and ​ (e)   China's frontiers.

• rule
• apparently
• conformed to
• putting down
• broadening

Which of the following qualities does Spence not enumerate in his short list of what "greatness in a country" includes?

• adaptability

• power

• liveliness

• prosperity

What does the word "doctored" (first paragraph, p. 99) mean in context?

• modified

• treated

• faked

• compiled

Find a phrasal verb in the final paragraph of page 99 that means "to conceal something unfavorable."

How would you describe Spence's tone when describing Yung-cheng, K'ang-hsi's successor?

• even-handed

• sarcastic

• amused

• disinterested

What evidence does Spence offer that K'ang-hsi may have suffered a mild stroke?

In the first paragraph of page 100, what is implied about Shi Tao's art?