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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 exhaustion.
(b) His anger.
(c) His illness.
(d) His absences.

2. How did Michitsuna feel about the retreat and seclusion?
(a) Happy.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Angry.

3. Who took charge of the situation with the fire in MM's neighborhood?
(a) Fujiwara.
(b) The Prince.
(c) MM.
(d) Michitsuna.

4. Why did MM move into her father's house?
(a) Her ill health.
(b) Her lack of money.
(c) Her fear of being alone.
(d) Her reputation.

5. What did MM reveal about her adopted daughter to Fujiwara?
(a) She was his niece.
(b) She was actually her little sister.
(c) She was Michitsuna's daughter.
(d) She was his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Michitsuna given an official rank in court?

2. To what position was Fujiwara promoted during Tenroku?

3. How did Fujiwara hide his face from MM when their carriages passed?

4. What vocation did MM start to consider on her retreat?

5. What excuse did MM give to Fujiwara when he asked why she had not written him during Tenroku?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Michitsuna fare at the archery contest?

3. Describe MM's poetry.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened when MM's neighborhood caught on fire?

10. About what did MM and Fujiwara argue during his long illness?

(see the answer keys)

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