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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the Empress give the old nun?
(a) One of her own robes.
(b) A room to stay in.
(c) Money.
(d) A basket of fruit.
2. What was the residence of the Major Captain of the Smaller Palace of the First Ward called?
(a) High Court.
(b) Otoko Yama.
(c) Smaller Shirakawa.
(d) Seiryo Palace.
3. What was Yukinari's title?
(a) Emperor.
(b) Controller First Secretary.
(c) Middle Counsellor.
(d) Chamberlain.
4. Where did the women plan to go to hear a hototogisu sing during the Abstinence of the Fifth Month?
(a) A field.
(b) An old mill.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A cherry orchard.
5. What was rare in a servant according to the section titled "Rare Things?"
(a) One who was intelligent.
(b) One who was cruel.
(c) One who was pleasant to his master.
(d) One who was well-dressed.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Shonagon, what can't be compared to rain?
2. What plant did Shonagon think made an "uncommonly pretty" design on figured silk?
3. In the section titled "I Was Standing in a Corridor," what were the servants carrying?
4. In "A Lover's Visit," what did Shonagon find irritating about servants who arrived with the lover?
5. In the section called "Hateful Things," what hateful thing happened when an admirer came for a clandestine visit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why didn't Shonagon like the husbands of nurse-maids?
2. Why was it considered such a bad thing for Masahiro to leave his shoes on the serving-board?
3. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
4. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
5. Why did Shonagon think that moonlight shining on snow on the roof of common people's houses was unsuitable?
6. In "Smaller Shirakawa," why did Shonagon and her companions leave the morning service early?
7. Why did Shonagon change her opinion of the blossom of the pear tree?
8. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
9. The herbal balls hung on the pillars of the Empress' palace during the Festival of the Fifth Month were supposed to last until the next Chrysanthemum Festival. Why didn't they last until then?
10. Why did Shonagon say that there was nothing worse than a poorly dressed ox carriage driver?
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