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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Emperor pull up when making a wager with Kaoru?
(a) A chess board.
(b) A a great sum of money.
(c) A Go board.
(d) A contract.

2. What does Niou learn about Ukifune?
(a) She is very ill.
(b) She has died.
(c) She has become a nun.
(d) She is married.

3. Who does Genji trust to be with him in his preparation for his daughter's initiation?
(a) A few women.
(b) To no Chujo.
(c) Yugiri.
(d) Tamakazura.

4. What type of skill does Ukifune possess?
(a) Writing.
(b) Playing the koto.
(c) Singing.
(d) Mending.

5. Where do Kaoru and Niou go on their pilgrimage?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Hiroshima.
(c) Hibachi.
(d) Hatsuse.

6. To whom does the Suzaku Emporer send the Third Princess to in Chapter 34?
(a) The Reizei emporer.
(b) Omi.
(c) To no Chujo.
(d) Genji.

7. Where does Ukifune end up at the end of the novel?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Suma.
(c) The Ono Village.
(d) Kyoto.

8. How does Kaoru find that Ukifune is alive?
(a) From Nakanokimi.
(b) From Niou.
(c) From the Yokawa bishop.
(d) From Chujounokimi.

9. In whose temple does Kaoru pray while on his pilgrimage?
(a) The Reizei Emporer.
(b) The Ninth Prince.
(c) The Eighth Prince.
(d) Prince Higekuro.

10. At what point does Genji realize that he wants to be with the Third Princess very badly?
(a) After she remarries.
(b) During her pregnancy.
(c) After she is inaccessable.
(d) During the time that he gives her lessons.

11. What does Yugiri eventually convince the Second Princess to do?
(a) Leave her husband.
(b) Marry him.
(c) To join a convent.
(d) Run away with him to the Suma coast.

12. How old is Genji when he marries the Third Princess?
(a) 30.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

13. Where does Nakanokimi hide Ukifune in Chapter 50?
(a) Niou's house.
(b) A cottage in Sanjo.
(c) A palace in Sanjo.
(d) With Chujounokimi.

14. What eventually happens to Ukifune?
(a) She becomes a prostitute.
(b) She becomes a nun.
(c) She marries Kaoru.
(d) She dies.

15. Where does the Second Princess hide to escape Yugiri's advances?
(a) The botanical gardens.
(b) A closet.
(c) Her mother's room.
(d) In the commons room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ukifune travels to a secluded cottage, where is it located?

2. Where is the Suzaku Emporer's temple located?

3. What does Kaoru fear toward the end of the novel?

4. Who does Tamakazura marry?

5. Who is named corwn prince after the Reizei Emporer's abdication?

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