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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. Which of these did Shonagon say loses by being painted?
2. What did Tadanobu say one was always sorry for in "It Was Late at Night?"
3. What kind of pond did Shonagon like best?
4. Who said he/she would order the dancers to perform for the ladies-in-waiting after the Special Festival at Iwashimizu?
5. What did Shonagon say a woman's house should look like when she lived alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the ladies visited the guard house in "While We Were in Mourning for the Chancellor" why did the guards get angry with them?
2. Why did Shonagon prefer that the envoys in the Special Festival at Kamo keep their faces concealed with wisteria?
3. Why did Shonagon say festivals held near the palace were distant but near?
4. Why was Shonagon happy to receive a note from a man that read "the rain that swells the water?"
5. Why did Tadanobu tell Nobukata about the secret code he and Shonagon spoke in?
6. How did people respond to Masahiro being dressed more elegantly than most men and why did they respond that way?
7. Why was Shonagon uncertain of how to reply to Yukinari's gift of square cakes?
8. Why did Shonagon say that no one pays attention to a Palace Chaplain when he walks by?
9. Why was Nobukata offended when Shonagon teased him about liking to have a place to lie down and rest?
10. Why did Shonagon say a man who had been promoted from Subordinate Officer to Chamberlain seemed like he had been reborn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was Shonagon's relationship with Tanadobu? How did the two treat each other? How did Shonagon feel about him? How did he feel about her?
Essay Topic 2
How did Shonagon treat men differently from women? What did she say about each? Whom does she compliment? What might account for the differences in the way she treated men and women?
Essay Topic 3
What was life in the women's apartments like for Shonagon? What was the building like? How did the people interact? What role did the apartments have in Shonagon's social life?
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