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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 did MM find hard to do when Fujiwara chose to spend his time with his other wife?
(a) Care for her child.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pray.

2. Why did Kanetada's wife give her daughter up for adoption to MM?
(a) She was considering becoming a nun.
(b) She was becoming ill.
(c) She was too poor to care for the child.
(d) She was not a good mother.

3. Why was Fujiwara not allowed to touch his wife when she was ill?
(a) His first wife forbade it.
(b) He could not return to court.
(c) MM was hallucinating and was frightened of him.
(d) He would grow ill.

4. 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?
(a) He told everyone MM was Tokihime's servant.
(b) He told everyone Michitsuna was Tokihime's son.
(c) He rode past his house with MM with Tokihime.
(d) He flaunted his child with Tokihime.

5. For what did MM hope for Fujiwara's first wife after months of poor treatment from her husband?
(a) She wanted her to beg for forgiveness.
(b) She wanted her to suffer.
(c) She wanted her to run away with Fujiwara.
(d) She wanted her to only bear daughters to Fujiwara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was MM when Fujiwara begins to court her?

2. Why did MM not expect Fujiwara to visit her in her father's house?

3. What did Fujiwara enjoy sending MM in the early days of their courtship?

4. What river did MM cross to reach the object of her pilgrimage?

5. How did the Prince treat the problems of his new neighbors, Fujiwara, and MM?

(see the answer key)

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