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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. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Caustic.
(d) Elderly.

2. The narrator says that he learned to be an accomplished whistle-blower from a friend where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Yedo.
(b) Zoshigaya.
(c) Kagoshima.
(d) Nikko.

3. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?
(a) Cedar trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Maple trees.

4. When was Emperor Meiji born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1894.

5. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?
(a) “Married another.”
(b) “Entered the priesthood.”
(c) “Moved away.”
(d) “Destroyed himself.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?

2. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “There are advantages and disadvantages in having one's children” what?

3. How many siblings does the narrator tell Sensei he has in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

5. 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?

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