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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 was Yukinari's title?
(a) Middle Counsellor.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Controller First Secretary.
2. According to Shonagon, what can't be compared to rain?
(a) Snow.
(b) Wind.
(c) Mist.
(d) Sun.
3. What was the old nun who came on the second day of the Perpetual Readings asking for?
(a) New clothes.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) Leftovers from the altar.
(d) A job.
4. What gate at the house of the Senior Steward was too small for the carriage Shonagon and the other ladies rode in?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.
5. What insect did Shonagon say she should have included in her list of hateful things?
(a) Mosquito.
(b) Fly.
(c) Beetle.
(d) Moth.
Short Answer Questions
1. What item did Shonagon send to Normitsu in response to his letter asking if he could tell Tadanobu where she was?
2. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?
3. What tree did Shonagon say had a vulgar name?
4. What was the five-year-old boy that Shonagon saw while traveling her carriage one day holding?
5. What does the name of the kotonashi shrub mean?
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