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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Genji's go-between for he and the Safflower Princess?
(a) Tayu.
(b) Fujitsubo.
(c) Murasaki.
(d) To no Chujo.

3. What does To no Chujo find frustrating about Kumoinokari?
(a) That she is in love with Yugiri.
(b) That she and him do not have a good relationship.
(c) That she is not the talk of the town.
(d) That she is not beautiful.

4. Who is angy about Genji's visits to Princess Asagao?
(a) Her father.
(b) Murasaki.
(c) To no Chujo.
(d) Genji's children.

5. From what does Genji fall ill at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Grief.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Love.

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

7. Where do the other women in the palace live?
(a) In separate quarters.
(b) The Southern wing.
(c) With Genji and Murasaki.
(d) The commons rooms.

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

9. What is the Safflower Princesss's reaction to Genji upon his return from exile?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Relief.

10. Who does Genji fail to support during his exile?
(a) Murasaki.
(b) The Safflower Princess.
(c) Lady Rokujo.
(d) The Akashi Lady.

11. Who is Lady Rokujo's daughter?
(a) Nakanokimi.
(b) Yugao.
(c) Murasaki.
(d) Akikonomu.

12. What does Genji send to the Safflower Princess after his visit in Chapter 23?
(a) Money.
(b) Silks.
(c) Food.
(d) Jewels.

13. Who is Genji's best friend?
(a) Yugiri.
(b) Akashi.
(c) To no Chujo.
(d) Murasaki.

14. Where does the Rokujo lady feel the need to travel to during Chapter 10?
(a) Kamo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Suma.
(d) Byodin-Shrine.

15. Genji sleeps with this woman who is in her sixties.
(a) Murasaki.
(b) Utsusemi.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) Naishi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Genji is in love with a woman whom he cannot have during the beginning of the novel. Who is this woman?

2. What does Yugiri think about Tamakazura?

3. What are Fujitsubo's intentions after her husband's death?

4. With whom does Genji decide to travel home after living in exile?

5. What would hold Genji back from traveling away from home?

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