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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 "When His Excellency, the Chancellor, Had Departed" who reminded Shonagon of the next line of a poem she had forgotten?
(a) Lady Sakyo.
(b) The Empress.
(c) Shonagn's maid.
(d) A page boy.
2. What did one of the women ask the old nun to do, which the Empress found degrading?
(a) Bow.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Cook a meal.
(d) Clean their clothing.
3. 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?"
(a) Earless plant.
(b) High head plant.
(c) Eyeless plant.
(d) Neckless plant.
4. What was the Palace of the First Ward known as?
(a) The Palace of Yesterday.
(b) The Palace of Today.
(c) The Palace of the Future.
(d) The Palace of Tomorrow.
5. What insect did Shonagon say she should have included in her list of hateful things?
(a) Moth.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Fly.
(d) Mosquito.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the right season to meet one's lover?
2. What did Shonagon say gentlemen should always have lest she find them boring?
3. What was the five-year-old boy that Shonagon saw while traveling her carriage one day holding?
4. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?
5. According to Shonagon, what can't be compared to rain?
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