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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What favor did Fujiwara ask MM to do for his first wife?
(a) Help her in childbirth.
(b) Cook her dinner.
(c) Sew baby clothes.
(d) Pray for her.

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

4. What disappointed MM about her travels after the market town?
(a) The people.
(b) Weather.
(c) Terrain.
(d) Shrines.

5. For what did MM hope for Fujiwara's first wife after months of poor treatment from her husband?
(a) She wanted her to beg for forgiveness.
(b) She wanted her to run away with Fujiwara.
(c) She wanted her to suffer.
(d) She wanted her to only bear daughters to Fujiwara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fujiwara do especially with MM when she first visited him after his illness?

2. After mourning for a year, what did MM and her family purify?

3. What action did the Prince take that confused and unsettled MM when Fujiwara went to see his first wife?

4. What natural disaster hit the town after Fujiwara finally stayed a night with MM after their first falling out over his first wife?

5. After ten years of marriage, what did Fujiwara claim so he could avoid dealing with MM's feelings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

2. How did MM's journey grow less enjoyable after her encounter with the courier?

3. Describe MM's pilgrimage to Hase.

4. How did Fujiwara treat MM after her year of mourning?

5. Describe MM's offerings to the shrines and to the prince.

6. Why did MM begin to make so many pilgrimages?

7. How did Fujiwara react to MM's severe depression?

8. What happened when Tokihime had another child with Fujiwara?

9. How did Fujiwara treat his relationship with his first wife?

10. What was the significance of MM giving birth to Michitsuna so quickly after her marriage?

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