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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Shonagon say gentlemen should always have lest she find them boring?
2. What was the five-year-old boy that Shonagon saw while traveling her carriage one day holding?
3. What did Shonagon say a well-bred young man should never do when visiting a woman of lower rank?
4. In the section titled "It Was During One of Her Majesty's Periods of Residence," what did the women go outside to see in the early morning?
5. In "It Is So Stiflingly Hot," who did the woman in the house with the open lattice receive a letter from?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Shonagon and the other women often have to stay away from the Palace?
2. What was the reason given for the way the snap-beetle bowed while crawling?
3. Why did the women laugh at the paintings on the sliding screen in Seiryo Palace?
4. How did Shonagon describe the life of a priest?
5. Why was it depressing for someone to wear a white under-robe in the Eighth Month?
6. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
7. In "It Is Hateful When a Well-Bred Young Man," why did Shonagan think it was proper for a gentleman to bring along a man when he went to visit a lady-in-waiting?
8. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
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 dried hollyhock produce fond memories?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe life in the women's apartments. What were the apartments like and why did Shonagon enjoy living there?
Essay Topic 2
How did Shonagon feel about aesthetics? How do you know this? Discuss some sections in which Shonagon specifically talked about how things should look. What do these sections reveal about Shonagon?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the political atmosphere following the death of the Chancellor. What impact did it have on Shonagon's life? How as the Empress affected?
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