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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 did Shonagon say was pretty when it was mixed with pure white snow?
(a) Sleet.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Hail.
(d) Sunlight.
2. According to Shonagon, what is it absurd for people to get angry about?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Being disliked.
(c) Infidelity.
(d) Theft.
3. What temple did the Chancellor order the Dedication of the Full Canon to take place in?
(a) Shakuzen Temple.
(b) Haze Temple.
(c) Chisoku Temple.
(d) UrinTemple.
4. What did the women do as they ran to see the dancers' special performance at the Shrine that caused people to laugh at them?
(a) Giggled loudly.
(b) Tripped over their skirts.
(c) Lifted their skirts over their heads.
(d) Called out their thanks to the dancers.
5. What was the poem Captain Tadanobu was going to recite in "One Day Captain Tadanobu, the Imperial Adviser, Came to Call?"
(a) The Chancellor's death.
(b) A beautiful woman looking at the moon.
(c) The Fourth Month in this world of men.
(d) Cherry blossoms in the spring.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was in the parcel that Yukinari sent Shonagon in "One Day a Man from the Office of Grounds?"
2. A promotion to what rank changed a man who was previously a Subordinate Official so much that he seemed to have been reborn?
3. What would make a player in a game of hidden rhymes look pleased with himself?
4. Which of the following did Shonagon include on her list of presumptuous things?
5. What did Tadanobu say one was always sorry for in "It Was Late at Night?"
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why did Shonagon prefer that the envoys in the Special Festival at Kamo keep their faces concealed with wisteria?
3. Why did Shonagon want to change places with the woman she met on her way up the hill to the Upper Shrine?
4. Why was Shonagon concerned about having to write the opening lines to a few lines of poetry she received when Kinto was present?
5. Why did the Empress keep the note Yukinari sent with the square cakes?
6. Why did the Empress laugh when Tozammi brought her the letters about the people at the capital no longer wearing their mourning clothes?
7. Why was Shonagon happy to receive a note from a man that read "the rain that swells the water?"
8. What did Shonagon hope to find out by seeing the Shigei Sha and what conclusion did she come to?
9. Why did the Chancellor tell the Empress that he must have good karma on the day after the Dedication of the Full Canon?
10. Why was Shonagon moved to tears upon witnessing the Emperor paying his respects to the Empress Dowager?
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