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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cruel practice does Fujiwara make with his first wife that hurts MM more than anything in the early days of his relationship with both of them?
(a) He told everyone Michitsuna was Tokihime's son.
(b) He flaunted his child with Tokihime.
(c) He told everyone MM was Tokihime's servant.
(d) He rode past his house with MM with Tokihime.

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

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

4. How did MM maintain a low profile during her stay in Uji?
(a) She did not stay in a hotel.
(b) She dressed herself in peasant clothing.
(c) She avoided to the shrine during its more populated hours.
(d) She brought very few attendants.

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

6. 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 crying spells.
(b) Her anger.
(c) Her indifference.
(d) Her nursing skills.

7. What did MM discover amidst Fujiwara's belongings early in their marriage?
(a) A drawing of a nude woman.
(b) A flower.
(c) A book of verse.
(d) A note to another woman.

8. When she was looking back on her courtship with Fujiwara, what did MM admit doing when she currently saw him?
(a) She cried.
(b) She became sick.
(c) She grew angry.
(d) She grew happy.

9. Of what did MM's prayer offerings consist?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Prose.
(c) Her family wealth.
(d) Poems.

10. From whom did the courier in the market town bear a message?
(a) The Prince.
(b) Tokihime.
(c) Fujiwra.
(d) Lady Joganden.

11. Who kept MM awake one night during her pilgrimage?
(a) A blind man.
(b) A poet.
(c) The Prince.
(d) A priest.

12. How did Fujiwara describe his ongoing relationship with his first wife to MM?
(a) Angry.
(b) Lustful.
(c) Serious.
(d) Casual.

13. After how many months of marriage did MM give birth to her son?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Eleven.

14. Which family member of MM's traveled a great deal?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

15. Why was Fujiwara not allowed to touch his wife when she was ill?
(a) He could not return to court.
(b) He would grow ill.
(c) MM was hallucinating and was frightened of him.
(d) His first wife forbade it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fujiwara replied to MM's letter in Book One, how did he justify his behavior?

2. What disappointed MM about her travels after the market town?

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

4. What distressed MM most about her ten years of marriage to Fujiwara?

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

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