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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the crown prince after the Suzaku emperor's abdication?
(a) Genji's son.
(b) To no Chujo.
(c) Genji's brother.
(d) To no Chujo's son.

2. What does Genji tell the Safflower Princess when he goes to visit her after his exile?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) Stories and tales.
(c) He is apologetic.
(d) That he is married.

3. What happens in Chapter 13 that causes Genji to reevaluate his past?
(a) An invasion.
(b) Illness.
(c) A storm.
(d) Death of a friend.

4. What news about Tamakazura arises once she is a grown woman?
(a) She is permiscuous.
(b) She is very beautiful.
(c) She is dating Genji.
(d) She is looking for a husband.

5. What happens to Yugao in Chapter 4?
(a) She marries Genji.
(b) She becomes very ill.
(c) She dies.
(d) She moves away.

6. How does Genji try to seduce Princess Asagao?
(a) Competition.
(b) With notes.
(c) Musically.
(d) With art.

7. Who is Omi?
(a) A woman that To no Chujo finds very enticing.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) To no Chujo's sage.
(d) A teacher.

8. Late in Yugiri's walk around the Rokujo grounds he overhears ______.
(a) Kumoinokari sleeping with another.
(b) Genji is weeping.
(c) Genji's attempt to seduce Tamakazura.
(d) Genji's announcement that he is leaving Murasaki.

9. Which character dresses up in a disguise in Chapter 7?
(a) To no Chujo.
(b) The Emporer.
(c) Naishi.
(d) Genji.

10. What does Murasaki compare Genji's behavior to since his visits to the Princess Asagao?
(a) Mean.
(b) More in love than ever.
(c) Very happy.
(d) Like a stranger.

11. From what does Genji fall ill at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Grief.
(b) Love.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Food poisoning.

12. Which instrument does Genji play?
(a) The koto.
(b) The kalimba.
(c) The shamisen.
(d) The sitar.

13. Where does the Princess Asagao live?
(a) Uji.
(b) Momozono.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Zuma.

14. Who is Genji's go-between for he and the Safflower Princess?
(a) Fujitsubo.
(b) To no Chujo.
(c) Tayu.
(d) Murasaki.

15. What happens to Aoi shortly after she gives birth to her son?
(a) She becomes a nun.
(b) She dies.
(c) She becomes possessed.
(d) She leaves Genji.

Short Answer Questions

1. Genji sleeps with this woman who is in her sixties.

2. Why does Genji's father marry Fujitsubo?

3. What does Omiya tell Genji in Chapter 29?

4. What does Genji do while he is visiting the Safflower Princess?

5. What festival does Genji attend at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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