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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. What action did the Prince take that confused and unsettled MM when Fujiwara went to see his first wife?
(a) He propositioned her.
(b) He abused her.
(c) He proposed to her.
(d) He kicked her out of her house.

2. With what is Fujiwara dissatisfied amid his wives' struggles to prove to him their worth?
(a) His son.
(b) His health.
(c) His status as an adulterer.
(d) His promotion.

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

4. To what position was Fujiwara promoted upon the death of the prince?
(a) Assistant.
(b) Head secretary.
(c) Head chamberlain.
(d) Head cook.

5. How old was MM when Fujiwara begins to court her?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did MM admit to considering when she wrote her letter to Fujiwara?

2. How did MM feel about her marriage after ten years?

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

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

5. What kindness did Fujiwara show for MM after the loss of her loved one after ten years of marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Fujiwara send a courier after MM on her pilgrimage? What was her response?

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

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

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

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

6. How did the Prince treat MM and Fujiwara's relationship?

7. Describe MM's pilgrimage to Hase.

8. Describe Fujiwara's courtship of MM.

9. Why did MM realize Tokihime had lost favor with Fujiwara?

10. What precipitated MM's illness around the ten year anniversary of her marriage?

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