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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What shade of plum blossom brought Shonagon the most pleasure?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.
2. What did Shonagon enjoy seeing men carry to and fro as the Festival approached?
(a) Flowers for the ladies.
(b) Rolls of material.
(c) Loaves of bread.
(d) Decorations for the palace.
3. What did Shonagon say an ugly preacher might be?
(a) Successful.
(b) A deterrent of sin.
(c) A source of sin.
(d) Interesting.
4. What title was Norimitsu awarded after his falling out with Shonagon?
(a) Assistant Governor of Totomi.
(b) Lieutenant of the Guards.
(c) Governor of Suruga.
(d) Middle Counsellor.
5. What did Yukinari tell Shonagon he was saying to the woman she saw him speaking with near the garden fence?
(a) He was telling her he loved her.
(b) He was telling her not to leave.
(c) He was urging her to marry him.
(d) He was telling her to meet him later.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the residence of the Major Captain of the Smaller Palace of the First Ward called?
2. What was painted on the paper-door of Lord Akinobu's house?
3. What was the driver of an ox-carriage supposed to look like according to Shonagon?
4. How did Shonagon say the sky should appear on the fifth day of the Fifth Month?
5. During what cool month of heavy showers and fierce winds did Shonagon like to nap?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
2. Why did Shonagon say that there was nothing worse than a poorly dressed ox carriage driver?
3. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
4. What made Shonagon come into the Empress's apartments after she left because the screens with the paintings of Hell frightened her?
5. Why was it depressing for someone to wear a white under-robe in the Eighth Month?
6. How did Shonagon describe the life of a priest?
7. Why did the Empress give the old nun, whom the women later dubbed Hitachi no Suke, one of her own robes?
8. What did Narimasa do in the section titled "When the Empress Moved" that indicated he was attracted to Shonagon?
9. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
10. Why did the Emperor walk toward the Empress' building while playing his flute?
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