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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Pages 55 through 94.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did MM admit to considering when she wrote her letter to Fujiwara?
(a) A religious life.
(b) Isolation in a new country.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Murder.

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

3. How did the town treat Fujiwara's affair?
(a) They shunned him.
(b) They looked upon MM with disgrace.
(c) They gossiped.
(d) They made fun of Tokihime.

4. How did MM initially learn of her husband's polygamy?
(a) She had him followed.
(b) She was told by the village midwife.
(c) His other wife approached her.
(d) She followed him.

5. In what sort of mood was Fujiwara when he came to see MM during the early period of his polygamist life with her?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Foul.
(d) Joyful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Fujiwara begin to do that caused MM to believe he was "cheating" in his courtship?

3. 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?

4. What was MM's fear after she learned of her husband's affair with his first wife?

5. What was significant about Fujiwara's illicit relationship when he first married MM?

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