![The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris by Sei Shōnagon](https://dolmv3q9e9skh.cloudfront.net/productImage/?sku=lp-the-pillow-book-of-sei-shonagon&w=150)
![Buy and print The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans](https://d22o6al7s0pvzr.cloudfront.net/images/bookrags/aero300/content/icon_printfriendly.png?1769134951 "Buy and print The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans"){kind=icon}
Print![Buy and download The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans](https://d22o6al7s0pvzr.cloudfront.net/images/bookrags/aero300/content/icon_rtf.png?1769134951 "Buy and download The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans"){kind=icon}
Word![Buy and download The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans](https://d22o6al7s0pvzr.cloudfront.net/images/bookrags/aero300/content/icon_pdf.png?1769134951 "Buy and download The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans"){kind=icon}
PDF
![Buy The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Lesson Plans](https://d22o6al7s0pvzr.cloudfront.net/images/bookrags/aero300/btn_buynow.png?1769134951)
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the Empress' residence lie in relationship to Seiryo Palace?
2. What did Shonagon say gentlemen should always have lest she find them boring?
3. Where did the women plan to go to hear a hototogisu sing during the Abstinence of the Fifth Month?
4. In the section called "Hateful Things," what hateful thing happened when an admirer came for a clandestine visit?
5. How many women got in the carriage to go hear the hototogisu singing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did dried hollyhock produce fond memories?
2. Why didn't Shonagon like the husbands of nurse-maids?
3. Why did Shonagon think that moonlight shining on snow on the roof of common people's houses was unsuitable?
4. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
5. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. What did Narimasa do in the section titled "When the Empress Moved" that indicated he was attracted to Shonagon?
9. Why did Shonagon say that young herbs peeking through the snow were unexpected near the Palace?
10. Why did the women laugh at the paintings on the sliding screen in Seiryo Palace?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does The Pillow Book cross lines between being a work of non-fiction and a work of fiction? What elements of fiction does it contain?
Essay Topic 2
What is Shonagon's writing style? What kinds of words did she use? How did she express her opinions?
Essay Topic 3
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?
|
This section contains 807 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
![View The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Final Test - Medium](https://d22o6al7s0pvzr.cloudfront.net/images/bookrags/aero300/content/btn_prev.png?1769134951)
![View The Pillow Book of Sei Sh¯onagon, Translated [from the Japanese] and Edited by Ivan Morris Final Test - Hard](https://d22o6al7s0pvzr.cloudfront.net/images/bookrags/aero300/content/btn_next.png?1769134951)
