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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. During what festival did people decorate with irises?
2. What did Shonagon say a well-bred young man should never do when visiting a woman of lower rank?
3. What gate at the house of the Senior Steward was too small for the carriage Shonagon and the other ladies rode in?
4. What was painted on the screens carried in the Empress's apartments on the day after the Naming of the Buddhas?
5. What did the officials carry when they came to thank the Emperor for their new appointments?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Tsunefusa begin calling Shonagon Grass Hut?
2. Why didn't Shonagon like the husbands of nurse-maids?
3. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
4. 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?
5. Why did the women laugh at the paintings on the sliding screen in Seiryo Palace?
6. Why was it depressing for someone to wear a white under-robe in the Eighth Month?
7. In "Smaller Shirakawa," why did Shonagon and her companions leave the morning service early?
8. What did Narimasa do in the section titled "When the Empress Moved" that indicated he was attracted to Shonagon?
9. Why did Shonagon think that moonlight shining on snow on the roof of common people's houses was unsuitable?
10. Why was it considered such a bad thing for Masahiro to leave his shoes on the serving-board?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How was Shonagon's life affected by the politics of the time? What impact did they have on her living situation? How did they affect what people thought of her?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze at least three of the poems written by Shonagon that are included in The Pillow Book. What does each poem mean? What imagery does Shonagon use? Do her poems have a common theme?
Essay Topic 3
How does The Pillow Book cross lines between being a work of non-fiction and a work of fiction? What elements of fiction does it contain?
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