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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Genji's father marry Fujitsubo?
(a) Because she looks like Genji's mother.
(b) She was very wealthy.
(c) She was in love with Genji's father.
(d) Their marriage was previously arranged.

4. Who is Genji's former nurse?
(a) Fujitsubu.
(b) Aoi.
(c) Koremitsu.
(d) Yugao.

5. What happens to Yugao in Chapter 4?
(a) She dies.
(b) She becomes very ill.
(c) She moves away.
(d) She marries Genji.

Short Answer Questions

1. Late in Yugiri's walk around the Rokujo grounds he overhears ______.

2. What does Genji send to the Safflower Princess after his visit in Chapter 23?

3. What does Genji's father do to protect him?

4. Who is Omi?

5. With whom does Genji sit on the royal outing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kashiwagi jealous of the marriage between Genji and the Third Princess?

2. What really happened to Ukifune?

3. After seeing the Third Princess as a nun Genji's feelings toward her changes, how?

4. Why has the Eighth Prince renounced the world?

5. What does Ukifune realize about Niou and Kaoru after living in the Ono village?

6. Why doesn't Genji want his son, Yugiri to advance in rank? What does Genji do?

7. What did the fortune teller predict for Genji?

8. Why does Kaoru begin to regret his refusal of Nakanokimi?

9. How was Ukifune's death described?

10. What does Niou learn about Ukifune that leads him to be distraught? Explain.

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