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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What led to MM's illness around the ten year mark of her marriage?
(a) A minor epidemic.
(b) Suicide attempt.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Grief over her mother's death.

2. What did MM and Fujiwara play at the Gosechi Festival?
(a) Chess.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Tiles.

3. Why was MM concerned that her prayers would not be answered?
(a) She felt Tokihime had more potent prayers.
(b) She felt she complained too much.
(c) She felt Tokihime and Fujiwara were praying against her own prayers.
(d) She felt she had fallen out of favor with her ancestors.

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

5. How did the town treat Fujiwara's affair?
(a) They gossiped.
(b) They looked upon MM with disgrace.
(c) They shunned him.
(d) They made fun of Tokihime.

6. What was the market town MM visited on her pilgrimage?
(a) Minakami.
(b) Ashiya.
(c) Sakai.
(d) Tsubaichi.

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

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

9. What was the name of Fujiwara's first wife?
(a) Tokihime.
(b) Hatsumomo.
(c) Mameha.
(d) Izanami.

10. What did MM enjoy watching most of all in Uji?
(a) Fishing boats.
(b) Rain.
(c) The children.
(d) The priests in ceremony.

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

12. For how many days was Fujiwara seriously ill?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty.

13. In what sort of mood was Fujiwara when he came to see MM during the early period of his polygamist life with her?
(a) Desperate.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Foul.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fujiwara leave home after he became ill?

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

3. Who kept MM awake one night during her pilgrimage?

4. What river did MM cross to reach the object of her pilgrimage?

5. To whom did MM attempt to object about Fujiwara's unwanted courtship?

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