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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 did the women do as they ran to see the dancers' special performance at the Shrine that caused people to laugh at them?
(a) Tripped over their skirts.
(b) Called out their thanks to the dancers.
(c) Lifted their skirts over their heads.
(d) Giggled loudly.

2. What was wrong with the appearance of the escorts that Shonagon saw while visiting the palace to see the horses on the first day of the First Month?
(a) Their hair was unkempt.
(b) Their feet were too large.
(c) Their faces were improperly powdered.
(d) They were too tall.

3. What terminology did Shonagon and Tadanobu use to discuss men and women when they didn't want anyone else to know what they were talking about?
(a) Poetic terminology.
(b) The terminology of backgammon.
(c) The terminology of the Chinese zodiac.
(d) The terminology of go.

4. What did Shonagon say an ugly preacher might be?
(a) A source of sin.
(b) Successful.
(c) Interesting.
(d) A deterrent of sin.

5. What time of the day did Shonagan say was the most beautiful in the spring?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Evening.
(d) Late night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did His Majesty play?

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?"

3. What title was Norimitsu awarded after his falling out with Shonagon?

4. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?

5. What did Lord Akinobu say he had picked with his own hands?

(see the answer key)

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