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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 25-36.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What tree's blossoms did Shonagon consider prosaic and vulgar, but later changed her mind about?
(a) Peach tree.
(b) Pear tree.
(c) Cherry tree.
(d) Orange tree.
2. What did Shonagon tell the Empress she thought of Yukinari?
(a) He was handsome.
(b) He was cruel.
(c) He was foolish.
(d) He was unusual.
3. During what festival did people decorate with irises?
(a) The Festival of the Fifth Month.
(b) The Festival of the Eighth Month.
(c) The Festival of the Third Month.
(d) The Festival of the First Month.
4. What dried plant evoked a memory from the past in the section titled "Things That Arouse a Fond Memory From the Past?"
(a) Violet.
(b) Hollyhock.
(c) Cherry blossom.
(d) Rose.
5. Who was the nurse in charge of the palace cat?
(a) Lady Uma.
(b) Shonagon.
(c) Okinamaro.
(d) Lady Myobu.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Shonagon say that women at the palace did not do as other women did?
2. In "It Is So Stiflingly Hot," who did the woman in the house with the open lattice receive a letter from?
3. What color did Shonagon say a cat's back should be?
4. What was Yukinari's title?
5. What time of the day did Shonagan say was the most beautiful in the spring?
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