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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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's announcement that he is leaving Murasaki.
(d) Genji is weeping.

3. What is going on back in Genji's homeland during his time away?
(a) The Suzaku emporer dies.
(b) The weather is very good to farming.
(c) His homeland is flourishing.
(d) It is in a dismal state.

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

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

6. Which of the following is not a trait of the Safflower Princess?
(a) Pretty hair.
(b) Red nose.
(c) Thin, misshapen body.
(d) Beautiful eyes.

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

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

9. 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) The alignment of the planets.
(c) Genji's exile.
(d) Moon and star formations.

10. 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 an evil woman.
(d) That she is the daughter of To no Chujo.

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

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

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

14. Where does the Princess Asagao live?
(a) Uji.
(b) Momozono.
(c) Zuma.
(d) Kyoto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What festival does Genji attend at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. Who does Genji sleep with when visiting his former nurse?

3. Who is Genji's go-between for he and the Safflower Princess?

4. Where is the Akashi lady's mansion located?

5. What word would must accurately describe Genji?

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