The Tale of Genji is referred to as the

a. first love story.
b. first story where the main character is a woman.
c. world's first novel.
d. most accurate description of the earliest written Japanese history written entirely in kana.
e. first Buddhist book written in Japanese.


c

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A) Black voters helped to stall the eventual desegregation of the military. B) Black voters made no impact on the pace of desegregation of the military. C) Black voters helped to hasten the desegregation of the military. D) Black voters failed to vote in sufficient numbers to change segregation in the military.

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