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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, My Parents and I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) March.
(d) December.

2. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?
(a) Friend.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Priest.
(d) Laborer.

3. The narrator goes to stay with Sensei’s wife due to a slew of burglaries while Sensei is gone where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A graduation.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A dinner party.

4. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?
(a) “Do you enjoy flowers?”
(b) “Do you have a girlfriend?”
(c) “Are you lonely?”
(d) “Have you ever been in love?”

5. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Osaka, Japan.
(b) Tokyo, Japan.
(c) Kamakura, Japan.
(d) Fukushima, Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator compares his father with Sensei, he concludes that both are what type of men in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?

3. What refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing ritual suicide upon the death of their lord?

4. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?

5. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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