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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mood of Moriyama's paintings?
(a) Cheerful and multicolored.
(b) Melancholy and nocturnal.
(c) Black and depressed.
(d) Bright and sunny.

2. Why does Ono decide NOT to tell Noriko that he had contacted old acquaintances to try to ensure that her marriage negotiations went well?
(a) He doesn't want to make Noriko even more nervous.
(b) Noriko would be angry if he interfered.
(c) Noriko might become overconfident.
(d) The outcome had been unsatisfactory.

3. How long after their initial reconnection had Ono visited his old friend?
(a) Two years.
(b) A year.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Six months.

4. Why does Shintaro not join Ono's other pupils at their reserved table in Migi-Hidari?
(a) He was too poor.
(b) There were too many of them.
(c) He was not regarded as first rank.
(d) They were jealous of his friendship with Ono.

5. Why does Ono introduce Kenji into the conversation in Noriko's kitchen?
(a) His son, had he been present, would have taken his side.
(b) He feels outnumbered by women.
(c) He had argued with his wife about giving Kenji sake at the same age.
(d) He suddenly recalls his son's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Ono give Matsuda about himself?

2. How does Noriko say Ono used to treat them?

3. What does the neighbor boy do when Matsuda speaks to him?

4. What quality does Ono say the arguments and banter of the old days always had?

5. Why does Moriyama declare himself unsatisfied with his early work?

(see the answer key)

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