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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the other women in the palace live?
(a) With Genji and Murasaki.
(b) In separate quarters.
(c) The commons rooms.
(d) The Southern wing.

2. What does Genji discover about casual relationships with women?
(a) He greatly dislikes them.
(b) He views them as unecessary.
(c) That they can be easier than passionate relationships.
(d) That they are horrible.

3. Whose sister is Oborozukiyo?
(a) Yugao's.
(b) To no Chujo's.
(c) Kokiden's.
(d) Akashi's.

4. Why do Genji and To no Chujo decide to compete against each other?
(a) To make money.
(b) In good fun.
(c) To seduce a woman.
(d) The gain attention.

5. Which of the following is not a trait of the Safflower Princess?
(a) Beautiful eyes.
(b) Thin, misshapen body.
(c) Red nose.
(d) Pretty hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Akashi lady's mansion located?

2. Genji sleeps with this woman who is in her sixties.

3. Where does the Rokujo lady feel the need to travel to during Chapter 10?

4. Genji is in love with a woman whom he cannot have during the beginning of the novel. Who is this woman?

5. Who does Genji send over to the grounds of the Safflower Princess in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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