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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. Why was Michitsuna given an official rank in court?

2. Who delivered MM's letter to Fujiwara after her purification ceremony?

3. Why did Kanetada's wife give her daughter up for adoption to MM?

4. Of what did Michitsuna's lady friend angrily accuse him?

5. What did Michitsuna threaten to do if MM committed suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fujiwara react to MM's plans to travel to the Hase temple with her father?

2. By Tenroku, how had MM made peace with her neglected relationship?

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

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

5. What happened to the minister of the left?

6. What was the result of Fujiwara's promotion to major captain on MM's depression?

7. Why was Fujiwara angry with MM's move to her father's house?

8. What did MM reveal about her adopted daughter?

9. Why was MM depressed after returning from the Hase temple?

10. About what did MM and Fujiwara argue during his long illness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationships MM had with Michitsuna and her adopted daughter in regards to her need to take back control of her life.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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