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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 164-207).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
(a) Hongo.
(b) Masagocho.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Yedo.

2. What religious book does Sensei find in K’s room at the temple after he returns from his first summer vacation at college?
(a) A torah.
(b) A Koran.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A Vinaya.

3. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Words.”
(b) “Laws.”
(c) “Customs.”
(d) “Horses.”

4. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Ichigaya.
(c) Komagome.
(d) Masagocho.

5. What word does the narrator use in Part II, My Parents and I, meaning an instance of talkativeness or garrulity?
(a) Coquetry.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Disillusionment.
(d) Loquacity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the narrator’s brother-in-law?

3. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?

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?

5. When the narrator first goes to see Sensei in Tokyo, it is how long since lectures have started at the university in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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