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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. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1867.

3. 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?
(a) Obscure.
(b) Indolent.
(c) Natural.
(d) Sincere.

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

5. 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) Palm trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Pine trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Who translated Kokoroand wrote the book’s Forward?

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 does Sensei say “is the loneliest time of all” in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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