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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. In this book, for what does MM stand?

2. Why did Fujiwara move MM closer to the palace after his promotion?

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

4. What favor did Fujiwara ask MM to do for his first wife?

5. What action did the Prince take that confused and unsettled MM when Fujiwara went to see his first 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. How did Fujiwara's affair with his first wife affect MM?

3. Describe MM's offerings to the shrines and to the prince.

4. Why did MM write to Tokihime?

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

6. How did Fujiwara's illness improve his relationship with MM?

7. How did Fujiwara's promotion affect MM?

8. How did MM support Fujiwara during his illness?

9. Into what was MM thrust upon her return from her pilgrimage?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compose an essay about the short-term and long-term effects of Fujiwara's adultery on his wives and children.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the marriage of MM and Fujiwara.

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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