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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 days.

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 45 mintues.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 10 minutes.

3. 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?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

4. The author states in the Forward, “The best rendering of the Japanese word "kokoro" that I have seen is Lafcadio Hearn's, which is” what?
(a) “Fast-paced.”
(b) “Fanciful.”
(c) “Strong wind.”
(d) “The heart of things.”

5. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Physics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) English literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part I, “Sensei and I,”He refers to Sensei by that name not because he is trying to be discreet, but because it is more what to him?

2. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

4. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?

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