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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. How did Fujiwara describe his ongoing relationship with his first wife to MM?

2. What did MM's father leave for Fujiwara before his trip?

3. How did the Prince treat the problems of his new neighbors, Fujiwara, and MM?

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

5. What did MM enjoy watching most of all in Uji?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did MM realize Fujiwara was still seeing his first wife?

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

3. After the birth of Tokihime's child, how did Fujiwara ease his way back into MM's life?

4. After Fujiwara's illness, how did MM's feelings of dissatisfaction with her lot in life begin to manifest?

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

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

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

8. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

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

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

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

Discuss the ways in which the politics of the Heian period were linked to religious matters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the various ways in which power was the central conflict between many of the people in MM's diary, particularly between the lady herself and her husband.

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