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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 distressed MM the most after Fujiwara's promotion?
(a) His absences.
(b) His anger.
(c) His illness.
(d) His exhaustion.

2. What kept MM from committing suicide after her husband's rebuke about her depression in Book Two?
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her fears of the after life.
(d) Her religious duties.

3. Why did Fujiwara want MM to cancel her plans for a pilgrimage?
(a) He was afraid she would never come back.
(b) He was starting to become bored with Omi.
(c) He was worried about her health.
(d) He wanted to discuss something with her.

4. Why did Fujiwara feel insulted by MM after his promotion in Tenroku?
(a) MM was not present at his induction.
(b) MM did not send congratulations.
(c) MM refused to address him by title.
(d) MM ignored him in the street.

5. Why did MM not expect Fujiwara to visit her in her father's house?
(a) His fear of her father.
(b) Michitsuna's anger.
(c) Her proximity to his mistress.
(d) Its location.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural element served to remind MM of her courtship with Fujiwara after his promotion?

2. Who became notably absent from MM's life after she moved in with her father?

3. What did Fujiwara send to MM on her retreat to convince her to return home?

4. During her depression after Fujiwara's illness in Book Two, to where did MM make an enjoyable pilgrimage?

5. While on her retreat, what did MM refuse to do, much to the distress of her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Michitsuna's courtship with the woman in the carriage.

2. How did Fujiwara react to MM's pilgrimage with Michitsuna?

3. Why was Fujiwara angry with MM's move to her father's house?

4. Why was MM conflicted in the monastery, amid Fujiwara's pleas for her to come home?

5. Why was MM depressed after returning from the Hase temple?

6. How did Michitsuna fare at the archery contest?

7. How did MM and Michitsuna both react to their secluded retreat?

8. Describe MM's poetry.

9. How did Fujiwara react to MM's plans to travel to the Hase temple with her father?

10. How did Fujiwara's promotion to major captain bring him back in contact with MM?

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