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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. According to her reply through the courier, where was MM heading after her stay in the market town?

2. What did MM discover amidst Fujiwara's belongings early in their marriage?

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

4. What was MM's fear after she learned of her husband's affair with his first wife?

5. What distressed MM most about her ten years of marriage to Fujiwara?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fujiwara's affair with his first wife affect MM?

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

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

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

5. How did MM's initial impressions of Fujiwara compare to her feelings for him after their marriage?

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

7. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

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

9. How did Fujiwara's promotion affect MM?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was MM given to suicidal thoughts? How serious did she appear to be about them? Write an essay discussing her descent into consideration of suicide, her sincerity about it, and how she was able to pull herself away from it.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how MM and Fujiwara's strained marriage affected Michitsuna, both positively and negatively. How were Michitsuna's personality and maturity level direct results of his relationship with his mother?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the roles jealousy and humiliation played in MM's life in regards to her relationships with her husband, family, attendants, and other women.

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