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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 156-185.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section called "Depressing Things," what was depressing about a letter from the provinces?
(a) When the letter arrived without a gift.
(b) When the letter was on plain paper.
(c) When the letter bore bad news.
(d) When the penmanship was poor.

2. What did Shonagon say was a painful surprise on the morning after a fierce wind?
(a) A fallen tree.
(b) A knocked over fence.
(c) A disheveled garden.
(d) Broken branches.

3. What did Masahiro hide behind a screen to eat?
(a) Fish.
(b) Beans.
(c) Rice.
(d) Seaweed.

4. What tree did pilgrims returning from Mitake often bring back branches of?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Orange.
(c) Sakaki.
(d) Cypress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift did the Empress give the wet nurse who was leaving?

2. Who came to check on the Empress due to the heavy snow even though it was an abstinence day?

3. What did the bedraggled and injured dog do that convinced Shonagon he was Okinamaro?

4. What was the poem Captain Tadanobu was going to recite in "One Day Captain Tadanobu, the Imperial Adviser, Came to Call?"

5. What color were the Shigei Sha's under-robes when Shonagon first saw her at Toka Palace?

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