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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 47 | Chapter 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yugiri eventually convince the Second Princess to do?
(a) To join a convent.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Leave her husband.
(d) Run away with him to the Suma coast.

2. How many years have passed at the time when Genji's death is discovered by the reader?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 2 years.

3. Of what is the Suzaku Emperor fond?
(a) Pie.
(b) The koto.
(c) Art.
(d) Harp music.

4. What festival does Genji attend at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The Cherry Blossoms.
(b) The Festival of Lights.
(c) The Safflowers.
(d) The Orange Blossoms.

5. In which wing of the palace do Genji and Murasaki live?
(a) The Southeast Quarter.
(b) The West Wing.
(c) The South Wing.
(d) The Northeast Quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Kaoru and Niou go on their pilgrimage?

2. What does Genji's father do to protect him?

3. What does Genji avoid doing at the start of the rule of the Suzaku emperor?

4. Where does the Princess Asagao live?

5. At what point does Genji realize that he wants to be with the Third Princess very badly?

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