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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 53-69.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color robe did Korechika wear when he came to report to His Majesty while the ladies sat discussing the painting on a sliding screen?
(a) Black.
(b) Cherry-colored.
(c) Golden yellow.
(d) Wistaria.
2. What was the residence of the Major Captain of the Smaller Palace of the First Ward called?
(a) Seiryo Palace.
(b) Otoko Yama.
(c) High Court.
(d) Smaller Shirakawa.
3. Who brought a Chamberlain who belonged to the Imperial Guard a cup of wine when he brought a message to an Imperial consort?
(a) A kitchen maid.
(b) The princess.
(c) The master of the house.
(d) The mother of the Imperial consort.
4. What did stout men strike Shonagon as being?
(a) Sleepy-looking.
(b) Dumb-looking.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Sloppy-looking.
5. What plant did Shonagon think made an "uncommonly pretty" design on figured silk?
(a) Sweet rush.
(b) Wood-sorrel.
(c) Stonecrop.
(d) Water-plantain.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was painted on the sliding screen in the back of the hall at Seiryo Palace?
2. How many women got in the carriage to go hear the hototogisu singing?
3. What did His Majesty ask Shonagon and the others to write down on a folded piece of paper following dinner?
4. Who came out of the house to inquire whether or not "Lord So-and-so's" attendants had arrived yet in the section titled "Once When I Was Passing?"
5. What instrument did His Majesty play?
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