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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. From what does Genji fall ill at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Love.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Grief.

2. What happens in Chapter 13 that causes Genji to reevaluate his past?
(a) Illness.
(b) Death of a friend.
(c) An invasion.
(d) A storm.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instrument does Genji play?

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

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

4. In which wing of the palace do Genji and Murasaki live?

5. What did Genji originally believe was the most desirable thing about the Rokujo Lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Genji see when he visits the sage in the mountain? What is his reaction?

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

3. What is the condition of the Safflower Princess at the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. Why does Genji treat the Third Princess coldly after she gives birth to a son?

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

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

7. Why has the Eighth Prince renounced the world?

8. Explain the situation after the body of Ukifune was found.

9. It is discovered that Yugiri has never laid eyes upon Murasaki, the woman who acts as his mother. Why does Genji wish to keep her hidden?

10. How does Oigimi hurt Kaoru?

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