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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 329 through 379.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Fujiwara suggest that MM should do if she was dissatisfied with him as a spouse?
(a) Find another husband.
(b) Become a better wife.
(c) Become a nun.
(d) Leave the village.

2. In what season did MM and Fujiwara move into her father's old house?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

3. What did the director wish to send MM's daughter?
(a) Marriage proposal.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Schoolbooks.

4. Fujiwara confronted MM about ________________during their letter exchange after she adopted his child.
(a) Her passivity.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her jealousy.
(d) Her talent.

5. The _______ of the Ono Palace passed away in Book Two.
(a) Emperor.
(b) Grand minister.
(c) Prince.
(d) Head chamberlain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to warn the director he was being watched from inside MM's house?

2. Where did MM primarily sleep during her pilgrimage?

3. For what did Fujiwara instruct MM to prepare when she returned from her pilgrimage?

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

5. What was Fujiwara's intent in his reply to MM's missives in Book Two?

(see the answer key)

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