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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 272 through 328.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the fate of the governor general's wife?
(a) She ran away with her lover.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She died of a long illness.
(d) She became a nun.

2. What did MM's father leave for Fujiwara before his trip?
(a) A note that encouraged him to court MM.
(b) Sake.
(c) His fortune.
(d) Possession of his farms.

3. What kept MM from committing suicide after her husband's rebuke about her depression in Book Two?
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her fears of the after life.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her religious duties.

4. When she was looking back on her courtship with Fujiwara, what did MM admit doing when she currently saw him?
(a) She became sick.
(b) She cried.
(c) She grew happy.
(d) She grew angry.

5. What did Fujiwara do especially with MM when she first visited him after his illness?
(a) Broke his fast.
(b) Speak.
(c) Write.
(d) Pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivered MM's letter to Fujiwara after her purification ceremony?

2. What cruel practice does Fujiwara make with his first wife that hurts MM more than anything in the early days of his relationship with both of them?

3. How did MM feel about her husband's abandonment before her long retreat?

4. What distressed MM most about her ten years of marriage to Fujiwara?

5. What did MM admit to considering when she wrote her letter to Fujiwara?

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