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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 Shonagon think small children and babies should look like?
(a) Willow trees.
(b) Plump.
(c) Tall.
(d) Puppies.
2. What was painted on the paper-door of Lord Akinobu's house?
(a) The Palace.
(b) Birds.
(c) Horses.
(d) Hell.
3. What did the bedraggled and injured dog do that convinced Shonagon he was Okinamaro?
(a) Bark at the cat.
(b) Shed a flood of tears.
(c) Wag his tail at the mention of his name.
(d) Place his head in Shonagon's lap.
4. Who impressed Shonagon with his obeisance to the Chancellor?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Michinaga.
(c) Tadanobu.
(d) Takaie.
5. During what festival did people decorate with irises?
(a) The Festival of the Eighth Month.
(b) The Festival of the Fifth Month.
(c) The Festival of the Third Month.
(d) The Festival of the First Month.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Shonagon say that women at the palace did not do as other women did?
2. What did Shonagon say a well-bred young man should never do when visiting a woman of lower rank?
3. What did Yukinari tell Shonagon he was saying to the woman she saw him speaking with near the garden fence?
4. What tree's blossoms did Shonagon consider prosaic and vulgar, but later changed her mind about?
5. In "On the Last Day of the Second Month," who was present at court that made Shonagon worry about her response to the note she received at the Black Door?
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