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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 13-24.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the nurse in charge of the palace cat?
(a) Lady Myobu.
(b) Okinamaro.
(c) Shonagon.
(d) Lady Uma.
2. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?
(a) Counted their age spots.
(b) Slept.
(c) Rubbed their hands together.
(d) Stretched out their wrinkles.
3. What color were the horses that members of the nobility came to see on the first day of the First Month?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Green.
4. What was the driver of an ox-carriage supposed to look like according to Shonagon?
(a) Simple.
(b) Thin.
(c) Big.
(d) Short.
5. In "It Is So Stiflingly Hot," who did the woman in the house with the open lattice receive a letter from?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her original lover.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did common people often add to their speech?
2. What was wrong with the appearance of the escorts that Shonagon saw while visiting the palace to see the horses on the first day of the First Month?
3. In the section called "Depressing Things," what was depressing about a letter from the provinces?
4. What did His Majesty ask Shonagon and the others to write down on a folded piece of paper following dinner?
5. What color did Shonagon say a cat's back should be?
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