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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 53-69.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the section titled "Once When I Was Passing," what color were the inside blinds on the palm-leaf carriage Shonagon described?
(a) Purple.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.
2. What was painted on the sliding screen in the back of the hall at Seiryo Palace?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Stormy sea.
(c) Cherry trees.
(d) Plum blossoms.
3. What kind of plant did Shonagon find pretty when it floated on the water of a pond?
(a) Water-plantain.
(b) Hollyhock.
(c) Water oats.
(d) Lotus leaves.
4. What tree's blossoms did Shonagon consider prosaic and vulgar, but later changed her mind about?
(a) Pear tree.
(b) Cherry tree.
(c) Orange tree.
(d) Peach tree.
5. Who did the Empress refer to as "heavenly maidens floating in the air?"
(a) Her attendants.
(b) Little girls at a festival.
(c) Her daughters.
(d) Young women at a wedding.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "It Is So Stiflingly Hot," who did the woman in the house with the open lattice receive a letter from?
2. What color were the horses that members of the nobility came to see on the first day of the First Month?
3. What color did Shonagon say a cat's back should be?
4. What was wrong with the appearance of the escorts that Shonagon saw while visiting the palace to see the horses on the first day of the First Month?
5. What was painted on the screens carried in the Empress's apartments on the day after the Naming of the Buddhas?
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