The Kagero Diary: A Woman's Autobiographical Text from Tenth-century... Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Edward Seidensticker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Kagero Diary: A Woman's Autobiographical Text from Tenth-century... Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Edward Seidensticker
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did MM's prayer offerings consist?

2. To whom did MM attempt to object about Fujiwara's unwanted courtship?

3. What was the purpose of the message sent by the courier to MM in the market town?

4. When Fujiwara replied to MM's letter in Book One, how did he justify his behavior?

5. What did MM find hard to do when Fujiwara chose to spend his time with his other wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Fujiwara's illness, how did MM's feelings of dissatisfaction with her lot in life begin to manifest?

2. What precipitated MM's illness around the ten year anniversary of her marriage?

3. Why did MM realize Tokihime had lost favor with Fujiwara?

4. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

5. How did MM realize Fujiwara was still seeing his first wife?

6. How did MM's journey grow less enjoyable after her encounter with the courier?

7. How did MM's initial impressions of Fujiwara compare to her feelings for him after their marriage?

8. Why did Fujiwara send a courier after MM on her pilgrimage? What was her response?

9. How did Fujiwara react to MM's severe depression?

10. How did Fujiwara's affair with his first wife affect MM?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the various ways in which power was the central conflict between many of the people in MM's diary, particularly between the lady herself and her husband.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the roles jealousy and humiliation played in MM's life in regards to her relationships with her husband, family, attendants, and other women.

Essay Topic 3

Compose an essay about the significance of MM's final rejection of Fujiwara and the ways in which she came to terms with their broken marriage.

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