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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 did MM believe caused the tension within her house after the beginning of Book Two?

2. MM was most unsure of ____________________during her first days home from the retreat.

3. In what place was the minister forced to accept duties?

4. What did Michitsuna send to the woman he admired at the festival?

5. With what did Michitsuna most struggle on their retreat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did MM reveal about her adopted daughter?

6. Why was MM conflicted in the monastery, amid Fujiwara's pleas for her to come home?

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

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

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

10. Describe MM's poetry.

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

Compose an essay about the short-term and long-term effects of Fujiwara's adultery on his wives and children.

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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