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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. Where was Shonagon going when she saw men harvesting rice in a field and found their skill impressive?
2. What terminology did Shonagon and Tadanobu use to discuss men and women when they didn't want anyone else to know what they were talking about?
3. In "One Evening during the Reign of Emperor Murakami" what was causing smoke to come from the brazier?
4. What did Shonagon say was pretty when it was mixed with pure white snow?
5. What was in the parcel that Yukinari sent Shonagon in "One Day a Man from the Office of Grounds?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the Chancellor tell the Empress that he must have good karma on the day after the Dedication of the Full Canon?
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 was Shonagon so impressed with Michinaga's obeisance to the Chancellor?
4. Why was Shonagon uncertain of how to reply to Yukinari's gift of square cakes?
5. Why did Shonagon prefer that the envoys in the Special Festival at Kamo keep their faces concealed with wisteria?
6. Why was Shonagon moved to tears upon witnessing the Emperor paying his respects to the Empress Dowager?
7. Why did the Empress say that she could understand why Shonagon would be particularly impressed by Tadanobu's finding the perfect lines to say at a gathering following a service for the late Chancellor?
8. Why did Shonagon spend a long time at home after the Chancellor's death?
9. Why did the Empress keep the note Yukinari sent with the square cakes?
10. Why did Tadanobu tell Nobukata about the secret code he and Shonagon spoke in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How was Shonagon's life affected by the politics of the time? What impact did they have on her living situation? How did they affect what people thought of her?
Essay Topic 2
What role did romance play in Shonagon's life? What rules for romance did she have?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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