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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Pages 219 to 271.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Michitsuna given an official rank in court?
(a) Michitsuna pleased the prince with his archery skills.
(b) Michitsuna became engaged to a noblewoman.
(c) Fujiwara passed down his duties to Michitsuna.
(d) Fujiwara was promoted to major captain.

3. Who was in the box next to MM and Fujiwara at the Gosechi Festival?
(a) His first wife.
(b) The Prince.
(c) MM's father.
(d) Their future daughter-in-law's family.

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

5. For what did Fujiwara constantly berate his wife during the time she dealt with a death in the family and his own illness?
(a) Her nursing skills.
(b) Her crying spells.
(c) Her anger.
(d) Her indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did the courier in the market town bear a message?

2. What did MM's father leave for Fujiwara before his trip?

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

4. What did Fujiwara suggest that MM should do if she was dissatisfied with him as a spouse?

5. After mourning for a year, what did MM and her family purify?

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