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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 the officials carry when they came to thank the Emperor for their new appointments?
2. What did His Majesty ask Shonagon and the others to write down on a folded piece of paper following dinner?
3. Who was the nurse in charge of the palace cat?
4. What tree did Shonagon say had a vulgar name?
5. What was painted on the screens carried in the Empress's apartments on the day after the Naming of the Buddhas?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In "Smaller Shirakawa," why did Shonagon and her companions leave the morning service early?
3. Why did the Empress give the old nun, whom the women later dubbed Hitachi no Suke, one of her own robes?
4. Why did Shonagon change her opinion of the blossom of the pear tree?
5. The herbal balls hung on the pillars of the Empress' palace during the Festival of the Fifth Month were supposed to last until the next Chrysanthemum Festival. Why didn't they last until then?
6. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
7. Why did the name of the water-plantain amuse Shonagon?
8. 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?
9. Why didn't the women write their hototogisu poems after going on an outing to hear them sing?
10. Why did Shonagon think that moonlight shining on snow on the roof of common people's houses was unsuitable?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Shonagon feel about aesthetics? How do you know this? Discuss some sections in which Shonagon specifically talked about how things should look. What do these sections reveal about Shonagon?
Essay Topic 2
What role did romance play in Shonagon's life? What rules for romance did she have?
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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