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

2. To where did MM make a pilgrimage after Fujiwara's promotion?

3. After ten years of marriage, what did Fujiwara claim so he could avoid dealing with MM's feelings?

4. To what position was Fujiwara promoted upon the death of the prince?

5. Where is MM when Fujiwara first attempted to visit her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

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

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

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

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

8. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

9. Describe Fujiwara's courtship of MM.

10. How did Fujiwara treat his relationship with 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 the ways in which the politics of the Heian period were linked to religious matters.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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