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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After falling out of favor with the court where does Genji decide to go?

2. Who does Genji fail to support during his exile?

3. Of what is the Suzaku Emperor fond?

4. What does Genji discover about casual relationships with women?

5. How does Genji try to seduce Princess Asagao?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Genji entertains the idea of moving to the Suma coast and also explain the factors that may be holding him back.

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

3. Why does To no Chujo send his daughter, Kumoinokari to Omi?

4. Describe the meeting between Yugiri and Kumoinokari after their six-year separation.

5. Why is it strange that Yugiri has tried to seduce the Second Princess?

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

7. Describe the situation after Nakanokimi receives a letter from Ukifune.

8. What did the fortune teller predict for Genji?

9. Why does Genji need to keep his romances under wraps after abdication of the first emperor, his father?

10. Describe the appearance of the Safflower Princess.

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