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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. After MM refuses to perform an insulting favor for Fujiwara and his first wife, how long does he shun her?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Three years.
(d) Several months.

2. What was significant about the letters MM sent back to Fujiwara during their courtship?
(a) She dabbed it with her perfume.
(b) The tone was cold.
(c) The letters were loving.
(d) She enclosed a lock of her hair.

3. What did Fujiwara begin to do that caused MM to believe he was "cheating" in his courtship?
(a) Praying for her.
(b) Abusing her brother.
(c) Sending her money.
(d) Visiting her.

4. What did Fujiwara enjoy sending MM in the early days of their courtship?
(a) Sake.
(b) Letters.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Poetry.

5. To whom did MM attempt to object about Fujiwara's unwanted courtship?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the town treat Fujiwara's affair?

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

3. In this book, for what does MM stand?

4. What did MM discover amidst Fujiwara's belongings early in their marriage?

5. Looking back on Fujiwara's courtship, what was significant about how MM currently felt about her eventual marriage to him?

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