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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 kind of plant did Shonagon find pretty when it floated on the water of a pond?
(a) Lotus leaves.
(b) Water-plantain.
(c) Hollyhock.
(d) Water oats.
2. What did one of the women ask the old nun to do, which the Empress found degrading?
(a) Clean their clothing.
(b) Cook a meal.
(c) Bow.
(d) Sing and dance.
3. In "One Evening during the Reign of Emperor Murakami" what was causing smoke to come from the brazier?
(a) A burning notebook.
(b) A rat.
(c) A frog.
(d) A cedar branch.
4. What sounded different in the Time Office in "While We Were in Mourning for the Chancellor?"
(a) The gong.
(b) Men's voices.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Singing.
5. Who recited the perfect lines at the gathering following the service dedicated to the late Chancellor?
(a) Yukinari.
(b) Shonagon.
(c) Tadanobu.
(d) The Emperor.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Yukinari say he could not stand in a woman?
2. In the section titled "It Was During One of Her Majesty's Periods of Residence," what did the women go outside to see in the early morning?
3. Which of these did Shonagon say gains by being painted?
4. What was the old nun who came on the second day of the Perpetual Readings asking for?
5. In "When His Excellency, the Chancellor, Had Departed" who reminded Shonagon of the next line of a poem she had forgotten?
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