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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 100-115.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who asked Narimasa to arrange a meeting with Shonagon about the small gate?
(a) Narimasa's brother.
(b) The palace architect.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The Empress.
2. What did Yukinari tell Shonagon he was saying to the woman she saw him speaking with near the garden fence?
(a) He was telling her not to leave.
(b) He was telling her to meet him later.
(c) He was urging her to marry him.
(d) He was telling her he loved her.
3. What did common people often add to their speech?
(a) Submissive words.
(b) Expletives.
(c) Extra syllables.
(d) An accent.
4. What tree did people regard as the tree of the Divine Presence?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Oak.
(d) Sakaki.
5. What did Shonagon say the child who brought a letter to Tozammi's room looked like?
(a) A cherub.
(b) A stick of bamboo.
(c) A basket worm.
(d) A hototogisu.
Short Answer Questions
1. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?
2. What did the women do as they ran to see the dancers' special performance at the Shrine that caused people to laugh at them?
3. In the section titled "I Was Standing in a Corridor," what were the servants carrying?
4. What were the musicians singing at the rehearsal of the Special Festivals?
5. For what occasion did the Empress have to leave the Palace while they were in mourning for the Chancellor?
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