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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section titled "I Was Standing in a Corridor," what were the servants carrying?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Attractively wrapped bundles and bags.
(c) Baskets of fruit.
(d) Blankets.

2. What kind of tree did Shonagon see in her friend's garden that she felt didn't look like the kind of tree it was at all?
(a) Willow.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Oak.
(d) Plum.

3. What did the bedraggled and injured dog do that convinced Shonagon he was Okinamaro?
(a) Shed a flood of tears.
(b) Wag his tail at the mention of his name.
(c) Place his head in Shonagon's lap.
(d) Bark at the cat.

4. What was the old nun who came on the second day of the Perpetual Readings asking for?
(a) A job.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Leftovers from the altar.

5. Where was Shonagon's notebook when it was taken from her and made public?
(a) On a mat.
(b) In a drawer.
(c) Under her pillow.
(d) In the Empress's bedchamber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of woman did Shonagon say she couldn't understand anyone loving?

2. What object did the men thrust under the blind in "On a Dark, Moonless Night in the Fifth Month?"

3. What did the officials carry when they came to thank the Emperor for their new appointments?

4. What did Yukinari tell Shonagon he was saying to the woman she saw him speaking with near the garden fence?

5. In "A Lover's Visit," what did Shonagon find irritating about servants who arrived with the lover?

(see the answer key)

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