" // questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5) q1 = "Which of the following statements about premodern Japan is untrue?"; q1answer = "c"; q1a = "Rice cultivation developed around the third century B.C."; q1b = "The Chinese model of government did not mesh well with Japanese culture."; q1c = "Buddhism was never able to integrate successfully with Japanese norms."; q1d = "The emperor ruled as absolute sovereign."; q1e = "The nomadic lifestyle gave way to a more agricultural lifestyle."; q1review = "See pages 2143–2144."; q2 = "Which of the following statements are least likely to be associated with Japan?"; q2answer = "b"; q2a = "It is a nation of imitators."; q2b = "It is a heterogeneous nation."; q2c = "It is a homogeneous nation."; q2d = "It is a spiritual nation."; q2e = "It is a nation that speaks with one voice."; q2review = "See page 2143."; q3 = "To which of the following do the "leaves" in the Man'yoshu (The Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) refer?"; q3answer = "e"; q3a = "joys and sorrows"; q3b = "mysteries and fates"; q3c = "departures and exiles"; q3d = "pages and images"; q3e = "poems and generations"; q3review = "See page 2148."; q4 = "Of the 4,516 poems in the Man'yoshu, 4,200 are short, thirty-one-syllable poems. What is the name for this short poem type?"; q4answer = "b"; q4a = "no"; q4b = "tanka"; q4c = "haiku"; q4d = "choka"; q4e = "kabuki"; q4review = "See page 2150."; q5 = "As he describes the sorrow of his departure from his wife, to what does Kakinomoto Hitomaro compare her?"; q5answer = "d"; q5a = ""the very face of a god""; q5b = ""a shelter on a rugged shore""; q5c = ""the far reach of the heavens""; q5d = ""the moon in its crossing between the clouds""; q5e = ""a cloth shirt not even lined with cotton""; q5review = "See page 2153."; q6 = "What theme does not enter into classical Japanese poetry?"; q6answer = "c"; q6a = "beauty and sadness"; q6b = "celebration"; q6c = "war"; q6d = "the four seasons"; q6e = "separation and grief"; q6review = "See pages 2161–2162."; q7 = "What indication do we have that the compilers of the Kokinshu set their sights higher than simply assembling great poems?"; q7answer = "d"; q7a = "They combined great poems of the past with poems of the present."; q7b = "They hoped their collection would be disseminated to ten thousand generations."; q7c = "They separated the poems into twenty books."; q7d = "They integrated series of short poems into longer narrative sequences."; q7e = "They arranged the poems according to association and progression."; q7review = "See page 2162."; q8 = "What two groups of poems dominate the Kokinshu?"; q8answer = "d"; q8a = "love"; q8b = "seasons"; q8c = "nature"; q8d = "a and b only"; q8e = "a, b, and c"; q8review = "See page 2162."; q9 = "How does the conversation about women that takes place between Genji and his friends end?"; q9answer = "d"; q9a = "Poetic women are deemed the most attractive."; q9b = "Unattainable women are deemed the most desirable."; q9c = "They are unable to decide whether beautiful women or artistic women make better partners."; q9d = "They come to no discernible conclusion."; q9e = "They agree that both men and women should be of the same class ranking."; q9review = "See page 2196."; q10 = "Who does Genji stop to see on his way to Rokujo?"; q10answer = "d"; q10a = "an old family friend"; q10b = "a former comrade of his father"; q10c = "his mother's sister"; q10d = "his former nurse"; q10e = "his ailing grandmother"; q10review = "See page 2204."; q11 = "Which of the following characters associated with Genji suddenly dies in the middle of the night?"; q11answer = "b"; q11a = "Evening Face"; q11b = "the fisherman's daughter"; q11c = "Ukon"; q11d = "Wild Carnation"; q11e = "Brave Orchid"; q11review = "See page 2215."; q12 = "What does Genji do the night before he leaves for Suma?"; q12answer = "a"; q12a = "He visits his father's grave."; q12b = "He pays respect to his nurse."; q12c = "He drinks with To no Chujo."; q12d = "He parts with Murasaki."; q12e = "He spends time with Murasaki."; q12review = "See page 2229."; q13 = "What event finally prompts Genji to leave Suma?"; q13answer = "c"; q13a = "a severe tempest"; q13b = "a visit from To no Chujo"; q13c = "a vision in his dream"; q13d = "news about Murasaki"; q13e = "He is summoned by the court to return."; q13review = "See page 2243."; q14 = "Which of the following reflections on the seasons most accurately captures the sentiments of the Pillow Book?"; q14answer = "d"; q14a = "In the spring, the evenings are beautiful."; q14b = "In the summer, the days are beautiful."; q14c = "In the autumn, the dawn is beautiful."; q14d = "In the winter, the early mornings are beautiful."; q14e = "In the rainy season, the mornings are beautiful."; q14review = "See page 2273."; q15 = "Which of the following acts on the part of men is not listed among possibly shameful things?"; q15answer = "e"; q15a = "speaking badly about a lover to other women"; q15b = "hiding his dislike of a woman from her"; q15c = "pretending to his lover that he can be counted on"; q15d = "making a woman believe he loves her best"; q15e = "telling a woman that she deserves to be loved by someone more worthy than he"; q15review = "See page 2294."; q16 = "In the section It Is Getting So Dark, which one of the following most accurately captures the author's thoughts concerning the Pillow Book?"; q16answer = "e"; q16a = "She is glad that her writings came to light."; q16b = "She thinks her casual jottings are philosophically on a par with the classics."; q16c = "She considers her thoughts to be the ramblings of a neurotic woman."; q16d = "She is the type of person who only likes what other people like."; q16e = "She regrets that the book ever came to light."; q16review = "See page 2300."; q17 = "Which of the following characteristics of the Tale of the Heike distinguishes it from epics?"; q17answer = "a"; q17a = "prose"; q17b = "grandeur of scale"; q17c = "links with history"; q17d = "narrative length"; q17e = "ceremonial style"; q17review = "See page 2301."; q18 = "The Tale of the Heike re-creates the civil war that established a military dictatorship, which would last for two centuries, of which clan?"; q18answer = "e"; q18a = "Taira"; q18b = "Heike"; q18c = "Fujiwara"; q18d = "Akashi"; q18e = "Genji"; q18review = "See pages 2300–2302."; q19 = "After the defeat of the Heike, what does the Imperial Lady Kenreimon'in do?"; q19answer = "a"; q19a = "She becomes a nun."; q19b = "She hides in the countryside."; q19c = "She becomes the first woman samurai."; q19d = "She marries into the Genji."; q19e = "She plots to avenge the deaths of her father, husband, and son."; q19review = "See pages 2320–2326."; q20 = "Due to their brevity, informality, and lack of a unifying theme, the short writings collected in Essays in Idleness are often compared to those from which work?"; q20answer = "b"; q20a = "the Kokinshu"; q20b = "the Pillow Book"; q20c = "the Tale of the Genji"; q20d = "the Tale of the Heike"; q20e = "the Man'yoshu"; q20review = "See page 2326."; q21 = "For Yoshida Kenko, particularly in his Essays in Idleness, what defines life?"; q21answer = "e"; q21a = "distraction"; q21b = "isolation"; q21c = "apprehension"; q21d = "beauty"; q21e = "transience"; q21review = "See page 2327."; q22 = ""To long for the moon while looking on the rain" is an example of the importance of what emotion in Kenko's scheme?"; q22answer = "e"; q22a = "impulse"; q22b = "wit"; q22c = "radiance"; q22d = "assertiveness"; q22e = "loss"; q22review = "See page 2327."; q23 = "Which of the following isnot one of the secular arts associated with Zen spiritual training?"; q23answer = "e"; q23a = "archery"; q23b = "calligraphy"; q23c = "tea ceremony"; q23d = "swordsmanship"; q23e = "bonsai"; q23review = "See page 2345."; q24 = "Which is not one of the categories of no plays?"; q24answer = "b"; q24a = "god"; q24b = "battle"; q24c = "wig"; q24d = "demon"; q24e = "mundane"; q24review = "See page 2347."; q25 = "In what form does the ghost of Atsumori appear?"; q25answer = "e"; q25a = "a flute-playing herdsman"; q25b = "a reaper"; q25c = "a priest"; q25d = "a woodsman"; q25e = "a young warrior"; q25review = "See page 2352."; q26 = "Which group of people does Haku Rakuten meet at the beginning of the play?"; q26answer = "d"; q26a = "farmers"; q26b = "tradesmiths"; q26c = "sailors"; q26d = "fishermen"; q26e = "beggars"; q26review = "See page 2356."; q27 = "What object is accorded a central place in Dojoji?"; q27answer = "b"; q27a = "a flute"; q27b = "a bell"; q27c = "a drum"; q27d = "a kimono"; q27e = "a mask"; q27review = "See pages 2362."; // End of hiding the script. --> <body>This page requires a browser that can display frames.<script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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