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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What excuse did MM give to Fujiwara about how she could not see him on her retreat?
(a) Illness.
(b) Vow to her son.
(c) Heartbreak.
(d) Ritual seclusion.

4. What natural element served to remind MM of her courtship with Fujiwara after his promotion?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Rain.
(c) Drought.
(d) Snow.

5. What was the station of Omi, Fujiwara's latest fixation in Book Two?
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Poet.
(d) Serving lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Fujiwara treat his son during the Grand Sumo Tournament?

2. MM's aunt and ______ brought her gifts, hoping it would tempt her to return home.

3. Where did Fujiwara lay the blame for his absences after his promotion?

4. What was MM's mood during her pilgrimage with her father?

5. What did Michitsuna threaten to do if MM committed suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fujiwara react to MM's plans to travel to the Hase temple with her father?

2. How did Fujiwara treat Michitsuna at the Grand Sumo Tournament?

3. How did Fujiwara react to MM's pilgrimage with Michitsuna?

4. Describe MM's poetry.

5. How did Fujiwara bond with MM during her illness?

6. Why was MM conflicted in the monastery, amid Fujiwara's pleas for her to come home?

7. After her return from Karasaki, how did Fujiwara sink MM into an even deeper depression?

8. By Tenroku, how had MM made peace with her neglected relationship?

9. How did Michitsuna fare at the archery contest?

10. How did Fujiwara's promotion to major captain bring him back in contact with MM?

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