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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 85-99.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Empress give the old nun?
(a) A basket of fruit.
(b) A room to stay in.
(c) One of her own robes.
(d) Money.

3. In the section titled "It Was During One of Her Majesty's Periods of Residence," what did the women go outside to see in the early morning?
(a) A parade.
(b) Geese passing overhead.
(c) An approaching storm.
(d) The moon.

4. What did the pictures hung for the Perpetual Readings depict?
(a) Birds.
(b) Cherry blossoms.
(c) Bodai Temple.
(d) The Buddha.

5. What kind of carriage was supposed to move slowly according to Shonagon?
(a) Palm-leaf.
(b) Wickerwork.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Horse drawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item did Shonagon send to Normitsu in response to his letter asking if he could tell Tadanobu where she was?

2. What did Shonagon say an ugly preacher might be?

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

4. What was the residence of the Major Captain of the Smaller Palace of the First Ward called?

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

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