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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did MM predict to be the season of her death?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

2. Why was Michitsuna unable to follow the woman at the festival home?
(a) Michitsuna was questioned by the police.
(b) She was in a carriage.
(c) She was running away.
(d) She had guards.

3. What kept MM from committing suicide after her husband's rebuke about her depression in Book Two?
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her fears of the after life.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her religious duties.

4. When MM grew afraid that she was dying, what did she warn Fujiwara against?
(a) Abandoning her.
(b) Mistreating their son.
(c) Angering her family.
(d) Leaving his job.

5. Who became notably absent from MM's life after she moved in with her father?
(a) Fujiwara.
(b) The Prince.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Michitsuna.

6. What was MM's mood during her pilgrimage with her father?
(a) Content.
(b) Jubilant.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Angry.

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

8. Why did MM move into her father's house?
(a) Her fear of being alone.
(b) Her lack of money.
(c) Her ill health.
(d) Her reputation.

9. What vocation did MM start to consider on her retreat?
(a) Poet.
(b) Attendant.
(c) Nun.
(d) Nurse.

10. What did MM take special care to teach her adopted daughter?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Music.
(d) Writing.

11. Who delivered MM's letter to Fujiwara after her purification ceremony?
(a) Tokihime.
(b) The prince.
(c) Omi.
(d) Michitsuna.

12. What happened to the minister of the left?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Death.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Banishment.

13. Where does Fujiwara meet MM on her retreat with her son?
(a) Cemetery.
(b) Forest.
(c) Monastery.
(d) Inn.

14. What reminded MM most of Fujiwara's coldness towards her?
(a) The snow.
(b) The flowerless terrain.
(c) The barren fields.
(d) The cold ocean.

15. What sort of contest did Fujiwara hope to host?
(a) Sword.
(b) Respect.
(c) Archery.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fujiwara confronted MM about ________________during their letter exchange after she adopted his child.

2. At what festival was MM when her neighborhood caught on fire?

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

4. For how long was MM ill in Book Two?

5. During her depression after Fujiwara's illness in Book Two, to where did MM make an enjoyable pilgrimage?

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