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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-51.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the nurse in charge of the palace cat?
(a) Okinamaro.
(b) Lady Myobu.
(c) Shonagon.
(d) Lady Uma.
2. What tree did people regard as the tree of the Divine Presence?
(a) Sakaki.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Oak.
3. During what festival did people decorate with irises?
(a) The Festival of the Third Month.
(b) The Festival of the Eighth Month.
(c) The Festival of the First Month.
(d) The Festival of the Fifth Month.
4. What plant did Shonagon think made an "uncommonly pretty" design on figured silk?
(a) Sweet rush.
(b) Wood-sorrel.
(c) Stonecrop.
(d) Water-plantain.
5. During what cool month of heavy showers and fierce winds did Shonagon like to nap?
(a) The Fifth Month.
(b) The Third Month.
(c) The Seventh Month.
(d) The Ninth Month.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the Palace of the First Ward known as?
2. Which of the people associated with ox carts were to be dressed well?
3. What tree's blossoms did Shonagon consider prosaic and vulgar, but later changed her mind about?
4. What did Shonagon say gentlemen should always have lest she find them boring?
5. What was the residence of the Major Captain of the Smaller Palace of the First Ward called?
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