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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river did MM cross to reach the object of her pilgrimage?

2. What disappointed MM about her travels after the market town?

3. How did MM realize that Fujiwara was not spending much time with his first wife?

4. What did MM and Fujiwara play at the Gosechi Festival?

5. What was significant about the letters MM sent back to Fujiwara during their courtship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

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

3. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

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

5. Describe Fujiwara's courtship of MM.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the marriage of MM and Fujiwara.

Essay Topic 2

Compose an essay about the short-term and long-term effects of Fujiwara's adultery on his wives and children.

Essay Topic 3

Compose an essay that dissects Fujiwara's personality from the reader's point of view as well as MM's perspective. How do the differences in perception help form an accurate picture of his character?

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