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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor did Fujiwara ask MM to do for his first wife?
(a) Sew baby clothes.
(b) Pray for her.
(c) Cook her dinner.
(d) Help her in childbirth.

2. After ten years of marriage, what did Fujiwara claim so he could avoid dealing with MM's feelings?
(a) He did not particularly care about her feelings.
(b) He no longer loved her.
(c) She was not worthy of his attention.
(d) He was too busy.

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

4. From whom did the courier in the market town bear a message?
(a) Fujiwra.
(b) Lady Joganden.
(c) Tokihime.
(d) The Prince.

5. Who stayed in the same apartment building as MM by the palace?
(a) Tokihime.
(b) Lady Joganden.
(c) The Prince.
(d) MM's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Looking back on Fujiwara's courtship, what was significant about how MM currently felt about her eventual marriage to him?

2. What was significant about the letters MM sent back to Fujiwara during their courtship?

3. How did MM initially learn of her husband's polygamy?

4. What led to MM's illness around the ten year mark of her marriage?

5. What ceremony did the Prince celebrate with Fujiwara and MM?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fujiwara treat his relationship with his first wife?

2. Describe MM's pilgrimage to Hase.

3. How did MM realize Fujiwara was still seeing his first wife?

4. How did Fujiwara's affair with his first wife affect MM?

5. How did Fujiwara's illness improve his relationship with MM?

6. How did Fujiwara treat MM after her year of mourning?

7. What happened when Tokihime had another child with Fujiwara?

8. How did Fujiwara react to MM's severe depression?

9. Describe MM's offerings to the shrines and to the prince.

10. How did MM's initial impressions of Fujiwara compare to her feelings for him after their marriage?

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