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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news about Tamakazura arises once she is a grown woman?
(a) She is permiscuous.
(b) She is very beautiful.
(c) She is looking for a husband.
(d) She is dating Genji.

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

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

4. What is believed to be the cause of the situation in Genji's homeland since he has left home in Chapter 13?
(a) The weather.
(b) Moon and star formations.
(c) Genji's exile.
(d) The alignment of the planets.

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

6. Which character dresses up in a disguise in Chapter 7?
(a) Naishi.
(b) The Emporer.
(c) To no Chujo.
(d) Genji.

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

8. What does Genji notice about the Safflower Princess during a visit in Chapter 23?
(a) That she is cold.
(b) She has become a wise woman.
(c) That she has been married.
(d) She is very pretty.

9. What does Genji discover about casual relationships with women?
(a) He greatly dislikes them.
(b) That they can be easier than passionate relationships.
(c) That they are horrible.
(d) He views them as unecessary.

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

11. What does Yugiri think about Tamakazura?
(a) That she is the daughter of To no Chujo.
(b) He is secretly in love with her.
(c) That she is Genji's daughter.
(d) That she is an evil woman.

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

13. With whom does Genji sit on the royal outing?
(a) Nakanokimi.
(b) Kimoinokari.
(c) Murasaki.
(d) Tamakazura.

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

15. Who does Genji admire during his stay in the mountains?
(a) Utsusemi.
(b) The Akashi lady.
(c) Murasaki.
(d) Fujitsubo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the Suzaku Emperor fond?

2. What does To no Chujo find frustrating about Kumoinokari?

3. Who is Genji's former nurse?

4. Where do the ministers go for their royal outing?

5. What does To no Chujo notice about Kumoinokari when he watches her sleep?

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