I loved this class. Shimazaki sensei is super nice and bubbly. Reminds me of a mom. She's always like, "You can do it!" and then smiles and laughs. Very cute. While this is a class about classical Japanese, there's no memorization involved. All exams are open note, and if you ever forget what a word means, you can just ask her for its definition during the exam. She just won't help you with the grammar, since that's what you're being tested on. Just make sure you take good, organized notes on the grammar so that when you take the final exam, you can do well.
There's readings for every week. For the first couple weeks, the readings are just chapters from the textbook that go over whatever grammar she wants to teach that week. Then for the latter half of the quarter, you have to read excerpts from actual texts written in classical Japanese. At the start of every class, there's a short 5-10 minute quiz that asks questions about the grammar from the previous lecture. Very easy if you went to lecture and took notes. These quizzes are also open note.