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

2. What was significant about Fujiwara's illicit relationship when he first married MM?

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

4. For how many days was Fujiwara seriously ill?

5. Who kept MM awake one night during her pilgrimage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 affair with his first wife affect MM?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ways in which MM used her art for empowerment.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the marriage of MM and Fujiwara.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze MM's poetry and prose. Discuss the technical aspects of her writing, as well as the significance of her frequent subject matter.

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