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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. While the Empress was staying in the building of the Empress's Office, what was reported to be in the main room?
2. What color did Shonagon say a cat's back should be?
3. What does Shonagon say was depressing for a messenger who brought a gift to a house where a child was just born?
4. What did Shonagon say a well-bred young man should never do when visiting a woman of lower rank?
5. During what cool month of heavy showers and fierce winds did Shonagon like to nap?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why didn't Shonagon like the husbands of nurse-maids?
2. Why did Shonagon send her brother a piece of seaweed in reply to his letter?
3. What did Narimasa do in the section titled "When the Empress Moved" that indicated he was attracted to Shonagon?
4. 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?
5. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
6. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
7. Why was it depressing for someone to wear a white under-robe in the Eighth Month?
8. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
9. 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?
10. Why did the Empress give the old nun, whom the women later dubbed Hitachi no Suke, one of her own robes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the political atmosphere following the death of the Chancellor. What impact did it have on Shonagon's life? How as the Empress affected?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze at least three of the poems written by Shonagon that are included in The Pillow Book. What does each poem mean? What imagery does Shonagon use? Do her poems have a common theme?
Essay Topic 3
What factual information is known about Sei Shonagon? When did she live? What was her position in life?
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