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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. In the section titled "Once When Her Majesty Was Residing" what did the ladies-in-waiting build in the garden?
2. Who came out of the house to inquire whether or not "Lord So-and-so's" attendants had arrived yet in the section titled "Once When I Was Passing?"
3. During what festival did people decorate with irises?
4. Who brought a Chamberlain who belonged to the Imperial Guard a cup of wine when he brought a message to an Imperial consort?
5. How many women got in the carriage to go hear the hototogisu singing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Tsunefusa begin calling Shonagon Grass Hut?
2. Why did the Empress scold Shonagon when she complained that people would see the women looking shabby as they entered the house because the gate was too small?
3. Why did the name of the water-plantain amuse Shonagon?
4. 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?
5. Why didn't Shonagon like the husbands of nurse-maids?
6. Why did Shonagon say that there was nothing worse than a poorly dressed ox carriage driver?
7. Why did Shonagon find it annoying when a man who was not more than an acquaintance came for a casual chat?
8. Why did the Emperor walk toward the Empress' building while playing his flute?
9. The herbal balls hung on the pillars of the Empress' palace during the Festival of the Fifth Month were supposed to last until the next Chrysanthemum Festival. Why didn't they last until then?
10. Why did the women hit one another with gruel sticks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the political atmosphere following the death of the Chancellor. What impact did it have on Shonagon's life? How as the Empress affected?
Essay Topic 2
What was Shonagon's relationship with Tanadobu? How did the two treat each other? How did Shonagon feel about him? How did he feel about her?
Essay Topic 3
Midway through the book we see a shift in Shonagon's writing style to a more developed style of prose. Describe the shift. What changes in her writing style? What does it reveal about Shonagon?
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