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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title was Norimitsu awarded after his falling out with Shonagon?
(a) Middle Counsellor.
(b) Assistant Governor of Totomi.
(c) Governor of Suruga.
(d) Lieutenant of the Guards.

2. What does Shonagon say was depressing for a messenger who brought a gift to a house where a child was just born?
(a) No reward was given.
(b) The messenger was ignored.
(c) The gift was returned unopened.
(d) The child had died.

3. What color of under-robe was depressing in the Eighth Month?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

4. In the section titled "Once When Her Majesty Was Residing" what did the ladies-in-waiting build in the garden?
(a) A small building.
(b) A sculpture of a bird.
(c) A snow mountain.
(d) A flower bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was rare in a servant according to the section titled "Rare Things?"

2. What did Lord Akinobu say he had picked with his own hands?

3. What did stout men strike Shonagon as being?

4. Who did the Empress refer to as "heavenly maidens floating in the air?"

5. What is the meaning of the name of the plant that Shonagon asked the children the name of in "On the Sixth of the Month?"

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