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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 25-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section titled "I Was Standing in a Corridor," what were the servants carrying?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Attractively wrapped bundles and bags.
(c) Baskets of fruit.
(d) Blankets.

2. What does Shonagon say was depressing for a messenger who brought a gift to a house where a child was just born?
(a) The gift was returned unopened.
(b) No reward was given.
(c) The messenger was ignored.
(d) The child had died.

3. What was painted on the sliding screen in the back of the hall at Seiryo Palace?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Plum blossoms.
(c) Stormy sea.
(d) Cherry trees.

4. What tree did people regard as the tree of the Divine Presence?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Sakaki.
(c) Oak.
(d) Cherry.

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 original lover.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yukinari's title?

2. What kind of bird was said to make its nest in the paulownia tree?

3. What did Shonagon tell the Empress she thought of Yukinari?

4. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?

5. What was the driver of an ox-carriage supposed to look like according to Shonagon?

(see the answer key)

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