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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. For what did Fujiwara instruct MM to prepare when she returned from her pilgrimage?
(a) Hinamatsuri.
(b) Genpuku.
(c) Chanoyu.
(d) Purification Ceremony.

2. How many goose eggs did MM send to the young prince?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

3. How did Fujiwara respond to the Prince's actions with his wife?
(a) He was elated by the Prince's attention.
(b) He grew angry with MM.
(c) He ignored it.
(d) He grew angry with the Prince.

4. Looking back on Fujiwara's courtship, what was significant about how MM currently felt about her eventual marriage to him?
(a) Angry.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Sad.

5. What vocation did MM start to consider on her retreat?
(a) Poet.
(b) Nun.
(c) Attendant.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ceremony did the Prince celebrate with Fujiwara and MM?

2. Why was Michitsuna given an official rank in court?

3. What did MM feel for Fujiwara's first wife when she realized he was seeing them both?

4. Who responded to MM's letters for Fujiwara during his illness?

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

(see the answer key)

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