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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. While on her retreat, what did MM refuse to do, much to the distress of her family?

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

3. What was the station of Omi, Fujiwara's latest fixation in Book Two?

4. What vocation did MM start to consider on her retreat?

5. Why was Michitsuna unable to follow the woman at the festival home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was significant about MM's prediction about her death?

2. What did MM reveal about her adopted daughter?

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

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

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

6. How did Michitsuna fare at the archery contest?

7. Describe MM's poetry.

8. Why was MM depressed after returning from the Hase temple?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the marriage of MM and Fujiwara.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways was MM a victim of her own society? Write an essay about her difficulties in fitting in with the world around her, including her feelings of alienation and isolation and the ways in which she had to find empowerment on her own terms.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the feminist aspects of "The Kagero Diary."

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