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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word would must accurately describe Genji?
(a) Distainful.
(b) Trustworthy.
(c) Pallid.
(d) Fickle.
2. From what does Genji fall ill at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Grief.
(c) Love.
(d) Food poisoning.
3. Who does Genji send over to the grounds of the Safflower Princess in Chapter 15?
(a) Horses.
(b) Workmen.
(c) Priests.
(d) Nurses.
4. What do To no Chujo and Genji do as the tension in their relationship disappears?
(a) Laugh and weep.
(b) Shake hands.
(c) Hug.
(d) Think back on their time together.
5. What does Genji's father do to protect him?
(a) He keeps him locked up.
(b) He gets him a body guard.
(c) He changes his name.
(d) He deems him a commoner.
6. What hits Genji's palace in Rokujo?
(a) Famine.
(b) Devestation.
(c) A storm.
(d) A plague.
7. What happens to Aoi shortly after she gives birth to her son?
(a) She dies.
(b) She becomes possessed.
(c) She leaves Genji.
(d) She becomes a nun.
8. Where do the other women in the palace live?
(a) The Southern wing.
(b) The commons rooms.
(c) With Genji and Murasaki.
(d) In separate quarters.
9. Who is Kobai?
(a) To no Chujo's son.
(b) The minister of the right.
(c) A friend of Genji's.
(d) Genji's son.
10. What does Omiya tell Genji in Chapter 29?
(a) That she would like to meet Tamakazura.
(b) That she wishes to go to court.
(c) She feels that she may die.
(d) She asks Genji for a favor.
11. Which of the following is not a trait of the Safflower Princess?
(a) Pretty hair.
(b) Thin, misshapen body.
(c) Red nose.
(d) Beautiful eyes.
12. What does Yugiri happen to hear while walking through the garden?
(a) Murasaki crying.
(b) Genji and Murasaki's pillow talk.
(c) His father playing the shamisen.
(d) Kumoinokari singing.
13. Genji sleeps with this woman who is in her sixties.
(a) Murasaki.
(b) Fujitsubo.
(c) Naishi.
(d) Utsusemi.
14. Who is Akikonomu?
(a) The Lady of the Lemon Tree.
(b) The Lady of the Orange Blossoms.
(c) The Lady of the Cherry Blossoms.
(d) The Lady of the Lake.
15. Where does the Rokujo lady feel the need to travel to during Chapter 10?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Byodin-Shrine.
(c) Suma.
(d) Kamo.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which attendant stays faithful to the Safflower princess?
2. Late in Yugiri's walk around the Rokujo grounds he overhears ______.
3. What happens to Genji's mother at the beginning of the novel?
4. What does Genji avoid doing at the start of the rule of the Suzaku emperor?
5. Where is the Akashi lady's mansion located?
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