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

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

3. In what season did MM and Fujiwara move into her father's old house?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

5. What did MM's father leave for Fujiwara before his trip?
(a) A note that encouraged him to court MM.
(b) Sake.
(c) His fortune.
(d) Possession of his farms.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did MM hope for Fujiwara's first wife after months of poor treatment from her husband?

2. According to her reply through the courier, where was MM heading after her stay in the market town?

3. How did MM initially learn of her husband's polygamy?

4. How many prayer offerings did MM make to the shrines?

5. Where is MM when Fujiwara first attempted to visit her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Fujiwara's job affect his relationship to MM?

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

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

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

8. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

9. How did Fujiwara's illness improve his relationship with MM?

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

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