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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 excuse did MM give to Fujiwara when he asked why she had not written him during Tenroku?

2. What notable holiday passed in Fujiwara's absence when he became involved with Omi?

3. What did MM take special care to teach her adopted daughter?

4. Why was Fujiwara angry with MM after she moved in with her father?

5. What sort of contest did Fujiwara hope to host?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when MM's neighborhood caught on fire?

2. On New Year's Day, what did MM attempt in order to garner a better year for her and her family?

3. What was MM's mood when she returned home after her long seclusion and why?

4. What was significant about MM's prediction about her death?

5. How did Fujiwara's promotion to major captain bring him back in contact with MM?

6. How did Fujiwara react to MM's pilgrimage with Michitsuna?

7. Describe MM's poetry.

8. How did Fujiwara treat Michitsuna at the Grand Sumo Tournament?

9. After her return from Karasaki, how did Fujiwara sink MM into an even deeper depression?

10. What led to MM adopting Kanetada's daughter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different marital traditions of the Heian period and how it contrasted to the modern concept of a marriage.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compose an essay about the ways in which the director's fervent pursuit of MM's adopted daughter was an echo of Fujiwara's courtship of MM and the implications of this in regards to their society.

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