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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 156-185.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shonagon say the child who brought a letter to Tozammi's room looked like?
(a) A hototogisu.
(b) A cherub.
(c) A stick of bamboo.
(d) A basket worm.

2. Who said they had left the grass in the garden outside the palace to grow long so they could admire the dew?
(a) Lady Sakyo.
(b) Lady Saisho.
(c) The Empress.
(d) Shonagon.

3. Where did the wood for the batons for the new Chamberlains of the Sixth Rank come from?
(a) An abandoned house.
(b) The woods surrounding the Palace.
(c) The Chamberlains cut it themselves.
(d) The south-east corner of the Empress's Office.

4. How did Shonagon say the sky should appear on the fifth day of the Fifth Month?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Cloudy.
(c) Brilliantly blue.
(d) Foggy.

5. What was painted on the sliding screen in the back of the hall at Seiryo Palace?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Stormy sea.
(c) Cherry trees.
(d) Plum blossoms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?

2. What kind of bird was said to make its nest in the paulownia tree?

3. Where did the women plan to go to hear a hototogisu sing during the Abstinence of the Fifth Month?

4. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?

5. What did Shonagon say was pretty when it was mixed with pure white snow?

(see the answer key)

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