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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Genji tell the Safflower Princess when he goes to visit her after his exile?
(a) Stories and tales.
(b) He is apologetic.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he is married.

3. Who does Genji send over to the grounds of the Safflower Princess in Chapter 15?
(a) Priests.
(b) Workmen.
(c) Horses.
(d) Nurses.

4. How does Murasaki return the Empress Akikonomu's kind gesture in Chapter 24?
(a) Silks.
(b) Sending an invitation to view her spring garden.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) An Invitation to tea.

5. What does Genji avoid doing at the start of the rule of the Suzaku emperor?
(a) Spending time with his children.
(b) Seeing women he has slept with.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Contacting the new emporer.

6. From whose point of view is Chapter 15 written?
(a) Omnicsient.
(b) Murasaki.
(c) Genji.
(d) The Safflower Princess.

7. What or who does Genji dream about in Chapter 13?
(a) His father.
(b) Aoi.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) His childhood.

8. Where does To no Chujo send Kumoinokari?
(a) To Omi.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Suma.
(d) Tokyo.

9. Which lady does Genji begin spending time with in Chapter 11?
(a) Fujitsubo.
(b) Lady Akashi.
(c) The Rokujo Lady.
(d) Reikeiden.

10. What does Omiya tell Genji in Chapter 29?
(a) She asks Genji for a favor.
(b) She feels that she may die.
(c) That she wishes to go to court.
(d) That she would like to meet Tamakazura.

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

12. Which instrument does Genji play?
(a) The sitar.
(b) The kalimba.
(c) The koto.
(d) The shamisen.

13. What happens to Yugao in Chapter 4?
(a) She dies.
(b) She marries Genji.
(c) She becomes very ill.
(d) She moves away.

14. Genji is in love with a woman whom he cannot have during the beginning of the novel. Who is this woman?
(a) Aoi.
(b) Akashi.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) Rokujo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Akashi lady feel when she arrives at her new mansion?

2. What word would must accurately describe Genji?

3. With whom does Genji sit on the royal outing?

4. What is going on back in Genji's homeland during his time away?

5. What hits Genji's palace in Rokujo?

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