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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 did Shonagon say a cat's back should be?
(a) Orange.
(b) Grey.
(c) Black.
(d) White.
2. 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?"
(a) A cook.
(b) A pretty kitchen-maid.
(c) The Empress.
(d) A young boy.
3. What was hung from the pillars of the Empress' palace during the Festival of the Fifth Month?
(a) Chrysanthemums.
(b) Pear blossoms.
(c) Herbal balls.
(d) Cherry blossoms.
4. What tree did pilgrims returning from Mitake often bring back branches of?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Orange.
(c) Sakaki.
(d) Cypress.
5. What was painted on the screens carried in the Empress's apartments on the day after the Naming of the Buddhas?
(a) The sea.
(b) Hell.
(c) A temple.
(d) Heaven.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Shonagon say was depressing for a messenger who brought a gift to a house where a child was just born?
2. What color did Shonagon say oxen's bellies should be?
3. In the section titled "One Day When the Emperor Visited Her Majesty's Rooms" what did the Emperor bring with him on his visit?
4. What kind of plant did Shonagon find pretty when it floated on the water of a pond?
5. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?
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