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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do To no Chujo and Genji do as the tension in their relationship disappears?
(a) Shake hands.
(b) Think back on their time together.
(c) Laugh and weep.
(d) Hug.

2. Why does Princess Asagao turn Genji down?
(a) She is in love with someone else.
(b) He is too old for her.
(c) She is busy grieving her father.
(d) She doesn't want to be on his list of conquests.

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

4. What does Genji do while he is visiting the Safflower Princess?
(a) Stare at her intensly.
(b) Look at her with loving eyes.
(c) Hold her close.
(d) Look at her through a blurred curtain.

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

6. What would hold Genji back from traveling away from home?
(a) Murasaki.
(b) His career.
(c) His son.
(d) Rokujo Lady.

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

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

9. What does the Empress Akikonomu send to Murasaki?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Autumn leaves and flowers.
(c) Scarves.
(d) An invitation.

10. What happens to Aoi shortly after she gives birth to her son?
(a) She becomes possessed.
(b) She becomes a nun.
(c) She leaves Genji.
(d) She dies.

11. What did Genji originally believe was the most desirable thing about the Rokujo Lady?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her fascination with him.
(c) Her ability to push him away.
(d) Her age.

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

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

14. What does Genji's father do to protect him?
(a) He gets him a body guard.
(b) He changes his name.
(c) He deems him a commoner.
(d) He keeps him locked up.

15. Where do the ministers go for their royal outing?
(a) Suma.
(b) Sanjo.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Oharono.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Genji admire during his stay in the mountains?

2. What news about Tamakazura arises once she is a grown woman?

3. What striking feature has the Safflower Princess managed to keep over the years?

4. Who is Akikonomu?

5. How does Murasaki return the Empress Akikonomu's kind gesture in Chapter 24?

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