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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 21-42).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1857.

2. What was Tokyo once known as?
(a) Boshu.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Ueno.
(d) Nikko.

3. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?
(a) Okusan.
(b) Seki.
(c) Ojosan.
(d) Shizu.

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?
(a) “Excellently moved.”
(b) “Obstinately vengeful.”
(c) “Awfully morose.”
(d) “Cruelly vindictive.”

5. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?
(a) “Humble opinion.”
(b) “Scorn along with it.”
(c) “Insults in the future.”
(d) “Biased point of view.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?

2. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?

3. What Japanese province is Sensei from?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?

5. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

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