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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 116-135.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would make a player in a game of hidden rhymes look pleased with himself?
(a) Finding the concealed character.
(b) Ending the game in a tie.
(c) A dinner bell before his defeat.
(d) His opponent's puzzlement.

2. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

3. Who wanted Shonagon to teach her the terminology that Shonagon and Tadanobu used to talk in secret?
(a) Korechika.
(b) Tozammi.
(c) Nobukata.
(d) Norimitsu.

4. What time of day did the Shigei Sha arrive at the Palace to see the Empress?
(a) Midday.
(b) Early in the morning.
(c) Early evening.
(d) Late at night.

5. Which of these did Shonagon say was distant but near?
(a) Relations between a man and a woman.
(b) Festivals celebrated near the palace.
(c) The course of a boat.
(d) Paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shonagon first went into waiting, what was the only time of day she wanted to go before the Empress?

2. What did the women do as they ran to see the dancers' special performance at the Shrine that caused people to laugh at them?

3. What did Yukinari say he could not stand in a woman?

4. What tree did pilgrims returning from Mitake often bring back branches of?

5. What insect did Shonagon compare the flageolet to?

(see the answer key)

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