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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Second Princess hide to escape Yugiri's advances?
(a) In the commons room.
(b) A closet.
(c) The botanical gardens.
(d) Her mother's room.

2. Why can't Kaoru marry Oigimi?
(a) Kaoru is a priest.
(b) Nakanokimi must marry first.
(c) Her father will not permit it.
(d) Oigimi hates Kaoru.

3. What does Kaoru fear toward the end of the novel?
(a) That he will become ill.
(b) The he will have much bad luck in the near future.
(c) That he will die young.
(d) That he will live a life of loneliness.

4. What word would must accurately describe Genji?
(a) Distainful.
(b) Pallid.
(c) Fickle.
(d) Trustworthy.

5. Genji sleeps with this woman who is in her sixties.
(a) Naishi.
(b) Utsusemi.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) Murasaki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ukifune leaning against when first found near the Uji river?

2. What ceremony is Kaoru preparing for in Chapter 47?

3. What striking feature has the Safflower Princess managed to keep over the years?

4. How is the Second Princess's honor ruined?

5. Late in Yugiri's walk around the Rokujo grounds he overhears ______.

(see the answer key)

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