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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 272 through 328.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what holiday did Book Two begin?
(a) Doll's Festival.
(b) New Year.
(c) Star Festival.
(d) Showa Day.

2. When Fujiwara replied to MM's letter in Book One, how did he justify his behavior?
(a) She was not in love with him.
(b) He was a weak man.
(c) She was an unfaithful partner.
(d) He was obeying her father's wishes.

3. After mourning for a year, what did MM and her family purify?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Beddings.
(d) Candles.

4. What kept MM from committing suicide after her husband's rebuke about her depression in Book Two?
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her fears of the after life.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her religious duties.

5. Who was in the box next to MM and Fujiwara at the Gosechi Festival?
(a) MM's father.
(b) Their future daughter-in-law's family.
(c) The Prince.
(d) His first wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michitsuna send to the woman he admired at the festival?

2. How did MM realize that Fujiwara was not spending much time with his first wife?

3. When MM grew afraid that she was dying, what did she warn Fujiwara against?

4. In the event of his death, for how many months did Fujiwara request MM mourn before remarrying?

5. Of what did Michitsuna's lady friend angrily accuse him?

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