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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 136-155.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What plant did Shonagon think made an "uncommonly pretty" design on figured silk?
(a) Water-plantain.
(b) Wood-sorrel.
(c) Stonecrop.
(d) Sweet rush.
2. In "There Was a Man in the Corridor" what was the man's servant holding?
(a) A brightly wrapped package.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A branch of cherry blossoms.
(d) An umbrella.
3. What kind of wood was the round brazier the Empress sat before when Shonagon came to visit in her early days as a lady-in-waiting?
(a) Oak.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Shen.
4. Where did the wood for the batons for the new Chamberlains of the Sixth Rank come from?
(a) An abandoned house.
(b) The woods surrounding the Palace.
(c) The Chamberlains cut it themselves.
(d) The south-east corner of the Empress's Office.
5. What does the name of the kotonashi shrub mean?
(a) Grass that endures.
(b) Nothing wrong.
(c) Shining leaves.
(d) High face.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following did Shonagon include on her list of presumptuous things?
2. What color were the Shigei Sha's under-robes when Shonagon first saw her at Toka Palace?
3. What color did Shonagon say a cat's back should be?
4. What title was Norimitsu awarded after his falling out with Shonagon?
5. What instrument did His Majesty play?
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