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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 color did Shonagon say oxen's bellies should be?
(a) Brown.
(b) Grey.
(c) White.
(d) Black.
2. What did the women do as they ran to see the dancers' special performance at the Shrine that caused people to laugh at them?
(a) Tripped over their skirts.
(b) Lifted their skirts over their heads.
(c) Giggled loudly.
(d) Called out their thanks to the dancers.
3. Who remarked to all the ladies gathered in the corridor to watch that it "must make [them] laugh to see the foolish old man?"
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The Chancellor.
(c) The Empress.
(d) Tadanobu.
4. Who said they had left the grass in the garden outside the palace to grow long so they could admire the dew?
(a) Lady Saisho.
(b) Shonagon.
(c) The Empress.
(d) Lady Sakyo.
5. Which of these did Shonagon say loses by being painted?
(a) Cranes.
(b) Pines.
(c) Cherry blossoms.
(d) Mountain villages.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "There Was a Man in the Corridor" what was the man's servant holding?
2. 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?
3. Who impressed Shonagon with his obeisance to the Chancellor?
4. What was the right season to meet one's lover?
5. According to Shonagon, what is it absurd for people to get angry about?
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