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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-51.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?
(a) Counted their age spots.
(b) Rubbed their hands together.
(c) Stretched out their wrinkles.
(d) Slept.
2. In "A Lover's Visit," what did Shonagon find irritating about servants who arrived with the lover?
(a) They left.
(b) They were poorly dressed.
(c) They were too quiet.
(d) They complained about waiting.
3. What kind of bird was said to make its nest in the paulownia tree?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Egret.
4. How did Shonagon say the sky should appear on the fifth day of the Fifth Month?
(a) Foggy.
(b) Brilliantly blue.
(c) Cloudy.
(d) Sunny.
5. What tree did Shonagon say had a vulgar name?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Oak.
(c) Pear tree.
(d) Chinese hawthorn.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did stout men strike Shonagon as being?
2. What was wrong with the appearance of the escorts that Shonagon saw while visiting the palace to see the horses on the first day of the First Month?
3. What did His Majesty ask Shonagon and the others to write down on a folded piece of paper following dinner?
4. What color were the horses that members of the nobility came to see on the first day of the First Month?
5. What was the weather like in the Seventh Month?
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