Kokoro Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Kokoro Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator tells Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “I value your opinions because they are the results of your” what?
(a) Childhood.
(b) Religion.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Experience.

2. 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) “Guilt.”
(b) “Questioning.”
(c) “Repulsion.”
(d) “Arrogance.”

3. The narrator states in Part I: Sensei and I, that although he profited greatly from his conversations with Sensei, he found him very unsatisfactory as what?
(a) A mentor.
(b) A brother.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A priest.

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) A Southerner.
(b) A Northerner.
(c) A Westerner.
(d) An Easterner.

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

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

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

8. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Kagoshima.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Yuigahama.

9. What does Sensei call the azalea tree that is taller than the others and reddish-brown in color at the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Kimono.
(b) Junshi.
(c) Shinshu.
(d) Kirishima.

10. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Kidney disease.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Arthritis.

11. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?
(a) “Moved away.”
(b) “Destroyed himself.”
(c) “Married another.”
(d) “Entered the priesthood.”

12. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?
(a) “Do you enjoy flowers?”
(b) “Are you lonely?”
(c) “Do you have a girlfriend?”
(d) “Have you ever been in love?”

13. When does the narrator tell Sensei and his wife he will be back in Tokyo after he graduates in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) May.

14. 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) “Fanciful.”
(b) “Strong wind.”
(c) “Fast-paced.”
(d) “The heart of things.”

15. When does the narrator tell Sensei he will be returning to Tokyo while he is home for his father’s illness in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?

3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?

4. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

(see the answer keys)

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