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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 136-155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the women plan to go to hear a hototogisu sing during the Abstinence of the Fifth Month?
(a) A field.
(b) A bridge.
(c) An old mill.
(d) A cherry orchard.

2. Who was the woman that Nobukata broke off his relationship with due to the gossip of the ladies?
(a) Lady Korechika.
(b) Sakyo.
(c) Tozammi.
(d) Shonagon.

3. What would make a player in a game of hidden rhymes look pleased with himself?
(a) Ending the game in a tie.
(b) A dinner bell before his defeat.
(c) Finding the concealed character.
(d) His opponent's puzzlement.

4. Who brought a Chamberlain who belonged to the Imperial Guard a cup of wine when he brought a message to an Imperial consort?
(a) The mother of the Imperial consort.
(b) A kitchen maid.
(c) The master of the house.
(d) The princess.

5. What color were the Shigei Sha's under-robes when Shonagon first saw her at Toka Palace?
(a) Shades of blue.
(b) Light violet.
(c) Plum red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tree's blossoms did Shonagon consider prosaic and vulgar, but later changed her mind about?

2. What did one of the women ask the old nun to do, which the Empress found degrading?

3. When Shonagon went to a temple for a retreat and was kneeling to pray, what did a priest bring her?

4. What did Shonagon say gentlemen should always have lest she find them boring?

5. What kind of paper was Yukinari's letter to Shonagon written on in "One Evening Yukinari, the Controller First Secretary?"

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