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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (through page 164).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of what month is the narrator’s graduation thesis due in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) September.

2. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) A government position.
(b) A laborer position.
(c) A managerial position.
(d) A secondary teaching post.

3. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Tea cakes.
(b) Fish cakes.
(c) Coffee cakes.
(d) Goji cakes.

4. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Fukushima, Japan.
(b) Tokyo, Japan.
(c) Kamakura, Japan.
(d) Osaka, Japan.

5. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Tottori.
(d) Ichigaya.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator compares his father with Sensei, he concludes that both are what type of men in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. 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?

4. What relative of Sensei’s died of a similar ailment as the narrator’s father?

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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