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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 116-135.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the guests pour wine into at the rehearsal for the Special Festivals?
(a) A basket.
(b) A small wooden bowl.
(c) A Yaku shell.
(d) A tea cup.
2. What kind of wood was the round brazier the Empress sat before when Shonagon came to visit in her early days as a lady-in-waiting?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Shen.
(d) Oak.
3. When Shonagon first went into waiting, what was the only time of day she wanted to go before the Empress?
(a) Late morning.
(b) Night.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Early morning.
4. What was Yukinari's title?
(a) Middle Counsellor.
(b) Controller First Secretary.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Chamberlain.
5. Who did the Empress suggest Shonagon ask for advice about how to respond to the package from Yukinari?
(a) Korenaka.
(b) Tadanobu.
(c) Niramitsu.
(d) The Emperor.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who said he/she would order the dancers to perform for the ladies-in-waiting after the Special Festival at Iwashimizu?
2. In "It Is So Stiflingly Hot," who did the woman in the house with the open lattice receive a letter from?
3. In "When His Excellency, the Chancellor, Had Departed" who reminded Shonagon of the next line of a poem she had forgotten?
4. What was hung from the pillars of the Empress' palace during the Festival of the Fifth Month?
5. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?
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