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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Genji admire during his stay in the mountains?
(a) Utsusemi.
(b) The Akashi lady.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) Murasaki.

2. Which lady does Genji begin spending time with in Chapter 11?
(a) Fujitsubo.
(b) Reikeiden.
(c) Lady Akashi.
(d) The Rokujo Lady.

3. Where does the Princess Asagao live?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Uji.
(c) Momozono.
(d) Zuma.

4. How does the Akashi lady feel when she arrives at her new mansion?
(a) Excited.
(b) At home.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Scared.

5. What does Genji send to the Safflower Princess after his visit in Chapter 23?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Food.
(c) Silks.
(d) Money.

6. Who does Genji hurt during Chapter 9?
(a) Rokujo lady.
(b) Lady Akashi.
(c) Aoi.
(d) Fujitsubo.

7. What does Omiya tell Genji in Chapter 29?
(a) She asks Genji for a favor.
(b) That she would like to meet Tamakazura.
(c) That she wishes to go to court.
(d) She feels that she may die.

8. What do priests attempt to do to Aoi during her pregnancy?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Last rights.
(c) Blessing.
(d) Exorcisism.

9. What unavailable woman does Genji greatly desire at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Aoi.
(b) Murasaki.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) Rokujo.

10. What happens to Yugao in Chapter 4?
(a) She moves away.
(b) She marries Genji.
(c) She dies.
(d) She becomes very ill.

11. Fujitsubo is ashamed of Genji's presence because:
(a) She is secretly in love with him.
(b) She is having impure thoughts.
(c) She is pregnant with his child.
(d) He is dressed very poorly.

12. What are Fujitsubo's intentions after her husband's death?
(a) To remarry.
(b) To become a nun.
(c) To commit suicide.
(d) To begin a relationship with Genji.

13. What does Yugiri happen to hear while walking through the garden?
(a) Genji and Murasaki's pillow talk.
(b) Murasaki crying.
(c) Kumoinokari singing.
(d) His father playing the shamisen.

14. Who is Lady Rokujo's daughter?
(a) Akikonomu.
(b) Yugao.
(c) Murasaki.
(d) Nakanokimi.

15. With whom does Genji sit on the royal outing?
(a) Murasaki.
(b) Kimoinokari.
(c) Nakanokimi.
(d) Tamakazura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instrument does Genji play?

2. What does To no Chujo notice about Kumoinokari when he watches her sleep?

3. Who is angy about Genji's visits to Princess Asagao?

4. What does To no Chujo find frustrating about Kumoinokari?

5. Late in Yugiri's walk around the Rokujo grounds he overhears ______.

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