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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 | Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Genji send Yugiri after rumors spread of his rank being raised?
(a) Exile.
(b) To the court.
(c) Suma.
(d) The University.

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

4. What does To no Chujo notice about Kumoinokari when he watches her sleep?
(a) How ugly she is.
(b) How much like him she is.
(c) How beautiful she is.
(d) That she is a perfect match for Yugiri.

5. What happens to Genji's mother at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She gives Genji up.
(b) She leaves Genji's father.
(c) She falls ill and dies.
(d) She becomes a nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yugiri think about Tamakazura?

2. Who is extremely hurt by Yugiri's affair?

3. What happens to Tamakazura over the years?

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

5. What striking feature has the Safflower Princess managed to keep over the years?

(see the answer key)

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