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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. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?
(a) General Shimokobe
(b) Admiral Omitsu.
(c) Admiral Togo.
(d) General Jinsoku.

2. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Kumamoto University.
(b) Waseda University.
(c) Hokkaido University.
(d) Imperial University.

3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?
(a) “His legacy.”
(b) “His widow.”
(c) “His children.”
(d) “His estate.”

4. On their first summer break in college, K rents a room in a temple where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Komagome.
(b) Suidobashi.
(c) Masagocho.
(d) Ichigaya.

5. How does K earn money to attend college after being disowned by his foster family?
(a) Working as a janitor.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Singing.
(d) Acting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sensei visit before leaving his home for Tokyo after the quarrel with his uncle in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?

3. When did Emperor Meiji die historically?

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

5. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I was like a man who runs to the edge of a cliff, and looking down, sees that the abyss is” what?

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