The Kagero Diary: A Woman's Autobiographical Text from Tenth-century... Test | Final 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 | Final 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. What no longer had meaning for MM after her pilgrimage to Hase in light of her husband's behavior?

2. With what holiday did Book Two begin?

3. What was Fujiwara's reaction to MM's plans for another pilgrimage with her father?

4. What kept MM from committing suicide after her husband's rebuke about her depression in Book Two?

5. Through whom was MM only able to tolerate communicating with Fujiwara after adopting her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did MM reveal about her adopted daughter?

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

3. How did Michitsuna fare at the archery contest?

4. What was MM's mood when she returned home after her long seclusion and why?

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

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

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

8. What happened when MM's neighborhood caught on fire?

9. What happened to the minister of the left?

10. Why did MM decide to go on another retreat after Fujiwara's promotion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ways in which the politics of the Heian period were linked to religious matters.

Essay Topic 2

Compose an essay about the ways in which the director's fervent pursuit of MM's adopted daughter was an echo of Fujiwara's courtship of MM and the implications of this in regards to their society.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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