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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. Looking back on Fujiwara's courtship, what was significant about how MM currently felt about her eventual marriage to him?

2. For how many months did Fujiwara court MM before her father left on a trip?

3. Who succeeded the young prince after his death?

4. For what did Fujiwara instruct MM to prepare when she returned from her pilgrimage?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe MM's pilgrimage to Hase.

4. Into what was MM thrust upon her return from her pilgrimage?

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

6. How did Fujiwara's promotion affect MM?

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

8. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

9. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways was MM a victim of her own society? Write an essay about her difficulties in fitting in with the world around her, including her feelings of alienation and isolation and the ways in which she had to find empowerment on her own terms.

Essay Topic 3

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

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