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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Shonagon say was pretty when it was mixed with pure white snow?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Hail.
(d) Moonlight.
2. What caused the lamp to tip when Masahiro was responsible for filling the lamps with oil?
(a) He bumped it with the oil jar.
(b) His foot stuck to the cloth.
(c) A cat knocked it over.
(d) He kicked it.
3. What did Shonagon say was the most splendid of all qualities, especially in men?
(a) Charisma.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Sympathy.
4. 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) Shen.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Oak.
5. What was pleasing about finding a torn up letter?
(a) The pattern it made on the ground.
(b) When one discovered it wasn't from oneself.
(c) Burning the paper.
(d) When one could piece it back together.
6. What did Shonagon say was a painful surprise on the morning after a fierce wind?
(a) A fallen tree.
(b) A knocked over fence.
(c) Broken branches.
(d) A disheveled garden.
7. In "One Evening during the Reign of Emperor Murakami" what was causing smoke to come from the brazier?
(a) A burning notebook.
(b) A frog.
(c) A rat.
(d) A cedar branch.
8. What would make a player in a game of hidden rhymes look pleased with himself?
(a) A dinner bell before his defeat.
(b) His opponent's puzzlement.
(c) Ending the game in a tie.
(d) Finding the concealed character.
9. In "In the First Month When I Go to a Temple" who did Shonagon say she liked to have with her when she visited a new place?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) Companions of her own class.
(c) Only servants.
(d) Her brother.
10. Who impressed Shonagon with his obeisance to the Chancellor?
(a) Michinaga.
(b) Takaie.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) Tadanobu.
11. Who was the woman that Nobukata broke off his relationship with due to the gossip of the ladies?
(a) Lady Korechika.
(b) Shonagon.
(c) Sakyo.
(d) Tozammi.
12. What was the spirit of the Captain from the Inner Palace Guards said to be haunting?
(a) A path leading to the garden.
(b) The Palace.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A temple.
13. What did Shonagon say a woman's house should look like when she lived alone?
(a) Clean but simple.
(b) Dilapidated.
(c) Organized.
(d) Beautiful.
14. What sounded different in the Time Office in "While We Were in Mourning for the Chancellor?"
(a) Singing.
(b) The gong.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Men's voices.
15. What kind of lodging did Shonagon stay in in "Shortly after the Twentieth of the Ninth Month?"
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Elaborate.
(c) Simple.
(d) Ugly.
Short Answer Questions
1. What terminology did Shonagon and Tadanobu use to discuss men and women when they didn't want anyone else to know what they were talking about?
2. Who did the Empress suggest Shonagon ask for advice about how to respond to the package from Yukinari?
3. What did a man deliver to Shonagon that was from the Empress in "One Day, When Her Majesty Was Surrounded by Several Ladies?"
4. How many times a day did the woman Shonagon saw coming does the hill to the Upper Shrine say she was making the pilgrimage?
5. What temple did the Chancellor order the Dedication of the Full Canon to take place in?
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