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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 one of the women ask the old nun to do, which the Empress found degrading?
2. What did common people often add to their speech?
3. What did the bedraggled and injured dog do that convinced Shonagon he was Okinamaro?
4. In the section titled "One Day When the Emperor Visited Her Majesty's Rooms" what did the Emperor bring with him on his visit?
5. What did Yukinari say he could not stand in a woman?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it considered such a bad thing for Masahiro to leave his shoes on the serving-board?
2. In "Smaller Shirakawa," why did Shonagon and her companions leave the morning service early?
3. Why did Shonagon and the other women often have to stay away from the Palace?
4. Why did Shonagon offer a gardener a reward to see to it that the snow mountain did not melt until after the fifteenth of the First Month?
5. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
6. Why were Shonagon and the other women disgusted by the response of some of the servants who were carrying attractively wrapped bundles and bags when the women asked them who the packages belonged to?
7. Why did Shonagon change her opinion of the blossom of the pear tree?
8. Why did Tsunefusa begin calling Shonagon Grass Hut?
9. 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?
10. Why did the Empress scold Shonagon when she complained that people would see the women looking shabby as they entered the house because the gate was too small?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of The Pillow Book? Why is it important to Japanese history? What is it's linguistic significance?
Essay Topic 2
How did living at court affect Shonagon's view of the world? How did she feel about ordinary, but necessary, things? Was her view of the world realistic?
Essay Topic 3
Describe life in the women's apartments. What were the apartments like and why did Shonagon enjoy living there?
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