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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. Which of these did Shonagon say loses by being painted?
(a) Cherry blossoms.
(b) Pines.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Mountain villages.
2. Who wanted Shonagon to teach her the terminology that Shonagon and Tadanobu used to talk in secret?
(a) Norimitsu.
(b) Tozammi.
(c) Korechika.
(d) Nobukata.
3. Which of these did Shonagon say gains by being painted?
(a) Yellow roses.
(b) People praised in romances as being beautiful.
(c) Cherry blossoms.
(d) Autumn fields.
4. How many times a day did the woman Shonagon saw coming does the hill to the Upper Shrine say she was making the pilgrimage?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.
5. What time of day did the Shigei Sha arrive at the Palace to see the Empress?
(a) Late at night.
(b) Midday.
(c) Early evening.
(d) Early in the morning.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the poem Captain Tadanobu was going to recite in "One Day Captain Tadanobu, the Imperial Adviser, Came to Call?"
2. What ruined the cherry blossoms used to decorate for the Dedication of the Full Canon?
3. Who said they had left the grass in the garden outside the palace to grow long so they could admire the dew?
4. Which of the following did Shonagon include on her list of presumptuous things?
5. Where did the Empress live after the Chancellor's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the Empress laugh when Tozammi brought her the letters about the people at the capital no longer wearing their mourning clothes?
2. Why did Shonagon say a man who had been promoted from Subordinate Officer to Chamberlain seemed like he had been reborn?
3. Why did Shonagon say that no one pays attention to a Palace Chaplain when he walks by?
4. Why did Shonagon say that a woman who leaves home because she is angry with her husband has lost power?
5. When the ladies visited the guard house in "While We Were in Mourning for the Chancellor" why did the guards get angry with them?
6. Why was Shonagon impressed when the Empress guessed that the cherry blossoms had been ruined by the rain?
7. Why was Shonagon uncertain of how to reply to Yukinari's gift of square cakes?
8. What did Shonagon hope to find out by seeing the Shigei Sha and what conclusion did she come to?
9. Why did Shonagon prefer that the envoys in the Special Festival at Kamo keep their faces concealed with wisteria?
10. Why did Shonagon say festivals held near the palace were distant but near?
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