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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 does Genji want to visit the Akashi lady?
(a) She has become a great friend.
(b) To see his daughter.
(c) To sleep with her.
(d) He is leaving Murasaki.

2. Who is Kobai?
(a) Genji's son.
(b) To no Chujo's son.
(c) A friend of Genji's.
(d) The minister of the right.

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

4. Late in Yugiri's walk around the Rokujo grounds he overhears ______.
(a) Genji's attempt to seduce Tamakazura.
(b) Genji is weeping.
(c) Kumoinokari sleeping with another.
(d) Genji's announcement that he is leaving Murasaki.

5. Who is the daughter of Lady Ichijo?
(a) Tamakazura.
(b) The Third Princess.
(c) Nakanokimi.
(d) The Second Princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. After falling out of favor with the court where does Genji decide to go?

2. What is the Suzako Emporer intent on doing that lends him the reason to send the Third Princess away?

3. Who does Genji sleep with when visiting his former nurse?

4. What unavailable woman does Genji greatly desire at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Omiya tell Genji in Chapter 29?

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