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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 event took up a great deal of MM's time after her return from her pilgrimage?
(a) The birth of her second child.
(b) Enthronement Rites.
(c) Hinamatsuri.
(d) Tea ceremony.

2. 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.

3. How did MM realize that Fujiwara was not spending much time with his first wife?
(a) She was trying to win him back as well.
(b) His first wife had other lovers.
(c) Fujiwara was out of the village.
(d) Fujiwara had become ill.

4. Who became infected with small pox in the family?
(a) Fujiwara.
(b) MM.
(c) Michitsuna.
(d) The girl.

5. Who was in charge of the administration with whom Fujiwara worked?
(a) The priest.
(b) The prince.
(c) MM's father.
(d) His first wife's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the message sent by the courier to MM in the market town?

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

3. What sort of terrain comprised MM's pilgrimage after the New Year with her adult son?

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

5. What was the name of Fujiwara's first wife?

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