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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 Shonagon think small children and babies should look like?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Plump.
(c) Tall.
(d) Willow trees.
2. In the section called "Depressing Things," what was depressing about a letter from the provinces?
(a) When the penmanship was poor.
(b) When the letter was on plain paper.
(c) When the letter bore bad news.
(d) When the letter arrived without a gift.
3. What tree did people regard as the tree of the Divine Presence?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Sakaki.
(d) Oak.
4. Which of the people associated with ox carts were to be dressed well?
(a) Paiges.
(b) Attendants.
(c) Stable hands.
(d) Drivers.
5. What does the name of the kotonashi shrub mean?
(a) Nothing wrong.
(b) High face.
(c) Shining leaves.
(d) Grass that endures.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which worm was said to have been begotten by a demon?
2. How did Shonagon feel about women who lived at home and cared for their husbands?
3. What was the right season to meet one's lover?
4. What bird did Shonagon say she liked even though it did not belong to her country?
5. Who was the nurse in charge of the palace cat?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Narimasa do in the section titled "When the Empress Moved" that indicated he was attracted to Shonagon?
2. Why did Shonagon and the other women often have to stay away from the Palace?
3. Why didn't Shonagon like the husbands of nurse-maids?
4. Why was it considered such a bad thing for Masahiro to leave his shoes on the serving-board?
5. Why did the Emperor walk toward the Empress' building while playing his flute?
6. Why did Shonagon send her brother a piece of seaweed in reply to his letter?
7. Why did Shonagon think that moonlight shining on snow on the roof of common people's houses was unsuitable?
8. What made Shonagon come into the Empress's apartments after she left because the screens with the paintings of Hell frightened her?
9. What caused Hitachi no Suke to stop coming to the Palace?
10. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
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