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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 156-185.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What ruined the cherry blossoms used to decorate for the Dedication of the Full Canon?
(a) Insects.
(b) Rain.
(c) Birds.
(d) Common people.
2. What did Shonagon enjoy seeing men carry to and fro as the Festival approached?
(a) Flowers for the ladies.
(b) Rolls of material.
(c) Loaves of bread.
(d) Decorations for the palace.
3. What did Shonagon say a well-bred young man should never do when visiting a woman of lower rank?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Call out her name.
(c) Give her gifts.
(d) Let anyone see him.
4. What was the spirit of the Captain from the Inner Palace Guards said to be haunting?
(a) The Palace.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A temple.
(d) A path leading to the garden.
5. 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) The terminology of go.
(b) The terminology of backgammon.
(c) Poetic terminology.
(d) The terminology of the Chinese zodiac.
Short Answer Questions
1. What object did the men thrust under the blind in "On a Dark, Moonless Night in the Fifth Month?"
2. What gift did the Empress give the wet nurse who was leaving?
3. What was the five-year-old boy that Shonagon saw while traveling her carriage one day holding?
4. What tree did Shonagon say had a vulgar name?
5. Who was the nurse in charge of the palace cat?
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