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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose sister is Oborozukiyo?
(a) Kokiden's.
(b) To no Chujo's.
(c) Yugao's.
(d) Akashi's.

2. What does Yugiri happen to hear while walking through the garden?
(a) Kumoinokari singing.
(b) Genji and Murasaki's pillow talk.
(c) Murasaki crying.
(d) His father playing the shamisen.

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

4. Which attendant stays faithful to the Safflower princess?
(a) Jiju.
(b) Ono.
(c) Yugao.
(d) Lady Akashi.

5. What is believed to be the cause of the situation in Genji's homeland since he has left home in Chapter 13?
(a) The alignment of the planets.
(b) Genji's exile.
(c) The weather.
(d) Moon and star formations.

6. What unavailable woman does Genji greatly desire at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Aoi.
(b) Rokujo.
(c) Fujitsubo.
(d) Murasaki.

7. Who is Genji's best friend?
(a) Yugiri.
(b) To no Chujo.
(c) Akashi.
(d) Murasaki.

8. Where does Genji send Yugiri after rumors spread of his rank being raised?
(a) Suma.
(b) To the court.
(c) Exile.
(d) The University.

9. Who is Akikonomu?
(a) The Lady of the Orange Blossoms.
(b) The Lady of the Lemon Tree.
(c) The Lady of the Cherry Blossoms.
(d) The Lady of the Lake.

10. Genji is in love with a woman whom he cannot have during the beginning of the novel. Who is this woman?
(a) Fujitsubo.
(b) Akashi.
(c) Aoi.
(d) Rokujo.

11. How does Murasaki return the Empress Akikonomu's kind gesture in Chapter 24?
(a) An Invitation to tea.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) Silks.
(d) Sending an invitation to view her spring garden.

12. Why do Genji and To no Chujo decide to compete against each other?
(a) To seduce a woman.
(b) To make money.
(c) In good fun.
(d) The gain attention.

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

14. What does Genji do while he is visiting the Safflower Princess?
(a) Hold her close.
(b) Stare at her intensly.
(c) Look at her with loving eyes.
(d) Look at her through a blurred curtain.

15. Why does Princess Asagao turn Genji down?
(a) He is too old for her.
(b) She doesn't want to be on his list of conquests.
(c) She is busy grieving her father.
(d) She is in love with someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What talent does Genji have?

2. Of what is the Suzaku Emperor fond?

3. Who is caring for Genji at the beginning of Chapter 5 during his travel to mountains?

4. Who attempts to arrange a meeting between Genji and Utsusemi?

5. Where is the Akashi lady's mansion located?

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