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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 272 through 328.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was significant about the letters MM sent back to Fujiwara during their courtship?
(a) The tone was cold.
(b) She dabbed it with her perfume.
(c) The letters were loving.
(d) She enclosed a lock of her hair.

2. Which family member of MM's traveled a great deal?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her son.

3. What was the name of Fujiwara's first wife?
(a) Mameha.
(b) Hatsumomo.
(c) Izanami.
(d) Tokihime.

4. Why was Michitsuna intent on finding his father after the fire?
(a) He wanted to fight him.
(b) He wanted to help his father find the rest of his children.
(c) He wanted to hire him for his new business.
(d) He wanted him to know of MM's illness.

5. In Uji, MM especially enjoyed the waters and _____.
(a) Weather.
(b) Forest.
(c) Shrines.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did MM's father leave for Fujiwara before his trip?

2. From whom did the courier in the market town bear a message?

3. Looking back on Fujiwara's courtship, what was significant about how MM currently felt about her eventual marriage to him?

4. Why was Michitsuna unable to follow the woman at the festival home?

5. What action did the Prince take that confused and unsettled MM when Fujiwara went to see his first wife?

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