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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 85-99.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who did the Empress suggest Shonagon ask for advice about how to respond to the package from Yukinari?
(a) Niramitsu.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) Tadanobu.
(d) Korenaka.
2. According to Shonagon, what can't be compared to rain?
(a) Snow.
(b) Sun.
(c) Wind.
(d) Mist.
3. What hateful thing did Shonagon say some elderly people did when warming their hands over a brazier?
(a) Slept.
(b) Rubbed their hands together.
(c) Stretched out their wrinkles.
(d) Counted their age spots.
4. 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) Lifted their skirts over their heads.
(b) Giggled loudly.
(c) Called out their thanks to the dancers.
(d) Tripped over their skirts.
5. What item did Shonagon send to Normitsu in response to his letter asking if he could tell Tadanobu where she was?
(a) Hollyhock.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Shell.
(d) Twig.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the section titled "Once When I Was Passing," what color were the inside blinds on the palm-leaf carriage Shonagon described?
2. What did Shonagon say the child who brought a letter to Tozammi's room looked like?
3. 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?"
4. What was the five-year-old boy that Shonagon saw while traveling her carriage one day holding?
5. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?
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