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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. Which of these did Shonagon say loses by being painted?
2. Who recited the perfect lines at the gathering following the service dedicated to the late Chancellor?
3. What did Shonagon say was the most splendid of all qualities, especially in men?
4. Which of these did Shonagon say was a thing that gave a hot feeling?
5. What kind of wood was the round brazier the Empress sat before when Shonagon came to visit in her early days as a lady-in-waiting?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Shonagon prefer that the envoys in the Special Festival at Kamo keep their faces concealed with wisteria?
2. Why was Nobukata upset by Shonagon's response to his inquiry about how she felt about the poem "had not yet reached the term of thirty?"
3. Why did the Chancellor tell the Empress that he must have good karma on the day after the Dedication of the Full Canon?
4. Why did Shonagon say festivals held near the palace were distant but near?
5. Why did the Empress keep the note Yukinari sent with the square cakes?
6. What did Shonagon hope to find out by seeing the Shigei Sha and what conclusion did she come to?
7. Why did Shonagon say a man who had been promoted from Subordinate Officer to Chamberlain seemed like he had been reborn?
8. Why was Nobukata offended when Shonagon teased him about liking to have a place to lie down and rest?
9. Why did Shonagon say that no one pays attention to a Palace Chaplain when he walks by?
10. Why was Shonagon uncertain of how to reply to Yukinari's gift of square cakes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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