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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-51.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did stout men strike Shonagon as being?
(a) Sleepy-looking.
(b) Sloppy-looking.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Dumb-looking.
2. What was hung from the pillars of the Empress' palace during the Festival of the Fifth Month?
(a) Herbal balls.
(b) Chrysanthemums.
(c) Pear blossoms.
(d) Cherry blossoms.
3. What tree did Shonagon say had a vulgar name?
(a) Pear tree.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Chinese hawthorn.
(d) Oak.
4. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?
(a) Slept.
(b) Counted their age spots.
(c) Stretched out their wrinkles.
(d) Rubbed their hands together.
5. Which of the people associated with ox carts were to be dressed well?
(a) Drivers.
(b) Paiges.
(c) Attendants.
(d) Stable hands.
Short Answer Questions
1. What tree did pilgrims returning from Mitake often bring back branches of?
2. What did Shonagon tell the Empress she thought of Yukinari?
3. What dried plant evoked a memory from the past in the section titled "Things That Arouse a Fond Memory From the Past?"
4. How did Shonagon feel about women who lived at home and cared for their husbands?
5. In "A Lover's Visit," what did Shonagon find irritating about servants who arrived with the lover?
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