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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 distressed MM most about her ten years of marriage to Fujiwara?
(a) She was still not his favored wife.
(b) She only had one child.
(c) She had neglected her religious duties.
(d) She was no longer an artist.

2. To what position was Fujiwara promoted upon the death of the prince?
(a) Assistant.
(b) Head secretary.
(c) Head cook.
(d) Head chamberlain.

3. How did MM realize that Fujiwara was not spending much time with his first wife?
(a) His first wife had other lovers.
(b) Fujiwara had become ill.
(c) Fujiwara was out of the village.
(d) She was trying to win him back as well.

4. Who kept MM awake one night during her pilgrimage?
(a) A blind man.
(b) The Prince.
(c) A poet.
(d) A priest.

5. What did MM find lacking on the trail out of the market town?
(a) Living trees.
(b) Green plants.
(c) Animals.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season did MM and Fujiwara move into her father's old house?

2. How did the town treat Fujiwara's affair?

3. How did Fujiwara respond to the Prince's actions with his wife?

4. How did the Prince treat the problems of his new neighbors, Fujiwara, and MM?

5. Why did Fujiwara move MM closer to the palace after his promotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of MM giving birth to Michitsuna so quickly after her marriage?

2. How did the death of the prince benefit Fujiwara?

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

4. How did Fujiwara's promotion affect MM?

5. Why did Fujiwara send a courier after MM on her pilgrimage? What was her response?

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

7. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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