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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 13-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weather like in the Seventh Month?
(a) Stiflingly hot.
(b) Cool and breezy.
(c) Mild and warm.
(d) Bitter cold.

2. What dried plant evoked a memory from the past in the section titled "Things That Arouse a Fond Memory From the Past?"
(a) Violet.
(b) Hollyhock.
(c) Rose.
(d) Cherry blossom.

3. What did common people often add to their speech?
(a) Extra syllables.
(b) Submissive words.
(c) Expletives.
(d) An accent.

4. What did the bedraggled and injured dog do that convinced Shonagon he was Okinamaro?
(a) Wag his tail at the mention of his name.
(b) Place his head in Shonagon's lap.
(c) Shed a flood of tears.
(d) Bark at the cat.

5. What gate at the house of the Senior Steward was too small for the carriage Shonagon and the other ladies rode in?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of carriage was supposed to move slowly according to Shonagon?

2. What time of the day did Shonagan say was the most beautiful in the spring?

3. How did Shonagon say the sky should appear on the fifth day of the Fifth Month?

4. What does Shonagon say was depressing for a messenger who brought a gift to a house where a child was just born?

5. What color did Shonagon say oxen's bellies should be?

(see the answer key)

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