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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Kamakura.
(b) Yanagicho.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Uguisudani.

2. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1930.

3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?
(a) “Cruelly vindictive.”
(b) “Awfully morose.”
(c) “Obstinately vengeful.”
(d) “Excellently moved.”

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?
(a) 20 sen.
(b) 35 sen.
(c) 35 sen.
(d) 40 sen.

5. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) By rickshaw.
(b) By carraige.
(c) By train.
(d) By foot.

6. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?
(a) “Empty rationalization.”
(b) “Taking direction.”
(c) “Making friends.”
(d) “Thinking for yourself.”

7. 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) Tottori.
(b) Niigata.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Nikko.

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

9. What was Tokyo once known as?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Ueno.
(d) Boshu.

10. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Tottori.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Niigata.

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

12. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?
(a) “Arrogance.”
(b) “Questioning.”
(c) “Repulsion.”
(d) “Guilt.”

13. What Japanese province is Sensei from?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Niigata.

14. Who translated Kokoroand wrote the book’s Forward?
(a) Reginald Lee.
(b) Jacob Winslow.
(c) Edwin McClellan.
(d) Albert Johnson.

15. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Komagome.
(b) Masagocho.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Uguisudani.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. The narrator says that he learned to be an accomplished whistle-blower from a friend where in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?

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

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