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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. Who asked Narimasa to arrange a meeting with Shonagon about the small gate?
2. What color robe did Korechika wear when he came to report to His Majesty while the ladies sat discussing the painting on a sliding screen?
3. What did common people often add to their speech?
4. What tree did people regard as the tree of the Divine Presence?
5. What did Shonagon say a well-bred young man should never do when visiting a woman of lower rank?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the Empress give the old nun, whom the women later dubbed Hitachi no Suke, one of her own robes?
2. Why did Shonagon say that young herbs peeking through the snow were unexpected near the Palace?
3. Why did Shonagon change her opinion of the blossom of the pear tree?
4. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
5. What was the reason given for the way the snap-beetle bowed while crawling?
6. How did Shonagon describe the life of a priest?
7. 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?
8. Why was it depressing for someone to wear a white under-robe in the Eighth Month?
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 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
What factual information is known about Sei Shonagon? When did she live? What was her position in life?
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
How was The Pillow Book discovered and made public? Did Shonagon mean to have others read her work? What evidence is there that she may have meant for the book to go public?
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