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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 was the weather like in the Seventh Month?
(a) Stiflingly hot.
(b) Mild and warm.
(c) Cool and breezy.
(d) Bitter cold.
2. What did Shonagon say gentlemen should always have lest she find them boring?
(a) Nice clothes.
(b) Quick tongues.
(c) Money.
(d) Escorts.
3. What color did Shonagon say oxen's bellies should be?
(a) Grey.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.
4. What tree's blossoms did Shonagon consider prosaic and vulgar, but later changed her mind about?
(a) Pear tree.
(b) Orange tree.
(c) Cherry tree.
(d) Peach tree.
5. What did Lord Akinobu say he had picked with his own hands?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Fern sprouts.
(d) Rice.
Short Answer Questions
1. What plant did Shonagon think made an "uncommonly pretty" design on figured silk?
2. What kind of carriage was supposed to move slowly according to Shonagon?
3. According to Shonagon, what can't be compared to rain?
4. In what month did the peach trees come into bloom?
5. What insect did Shonagon say she should have included in her list of hateful things?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Shonagon and the other women often have to stay away from the Palace?
2. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
3. What caused Hitachi no Suke to stop coming to the Palace?
4. Why did Shonagon change her opinion of the blossom of the pear tree?
5. What was the reason given for the way the snap-beetle bowed while crawling?
6. Why didn't the women write their hototogisu poems after going on an outing to hear them sing?
7. Why did Shonagon say a wickerwork carriage should move swiftly?
8. 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?
9. Why did dried hollyhock produce fond memories?
10. How did Shonagon describe the life of a priest?
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