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

3. Who responded to MM's letters for Fujiwara during his illness?

4. How did MM maintain a low profile during her stay in Uji?

5. What event took up a great deal of MM's time after her return from her pilgrimage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did MM begin to make so many pilgrimages?

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

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

9. How did MM's journey grow less enjoyable after her encounter with the courier?

10. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze MM's relationships with both Lady Joganden and the Prince in regards to their society and the protocol of the court.

Essay Topic 2

Compose an essay about the significance of MM's final rejection of Fujiwara and the ways in which she came to terms with their broken marriage.

Essay Topic 3

Compose an essay about the role of religion in MM's life.

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