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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. Why did MM decide to adopt a child?

3. For how long was MM ill in Book Two?

4. What no longer had meaning for MM after her pilgrimage to Hase in light of her husband's behavior?

5. How did MM feel about her husband's abandonment before her long retreat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. About what did MM and Fujiwara argue during his long illness?

3. Describe Michitsuna's courtship with the woman in the carriage.

4. How did MM and Michitsuna both react to their secluded retreat?

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

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

7. Describe MM's poetry.

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

9. What did MM reveal about her adopted daughter?

10. Why was Fujiwara angry with MM's move to her father's house?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different marital traditions of the Heian period and how it contrasted to the modern concept of a marriage.

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