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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 did Fujiwara enjoy sending MM in the early days of their courtship?

2. For how many days was Fujiwara seriously ill?

3. After how many months of marriage did MM give birth to her son?

4. Who succeeded the young prince after his death?

5. Who was in the box next to MM and Fujiwara at the Gosechi Festival?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was significant about Michitsuna repeating "See you later" after his father?

6. How did Fujiwara justify his actions to MM in his letter to her?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different motivations behind MM's diary and what each possibility suggests about the ways she recorded her experiences, as well as how it affects the reader's relationship to the author and the material.

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