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

2. The narrator’s vacationing student friend is called home after they have been at the beach town for how long in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 6 days.

3. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) His mother is ill.
(b) His parents need help with home repairs.
(c) His brother is getting married.
(d) His sister is having a baby.

4. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) An eccentric.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A preacher.
(d) A criminal.

5. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Buddha be with you.”
(b) “Buddha is the light.”
(c) “All living things bear within themselves the essence of Buddha.”
(d) “Derive your strength from Buddha.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?

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

3. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

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?

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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