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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sensei’s landlady tells him that the reason she wanted a boarder was what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Security.
(c) To find a suitor for her daughter.
(d) Income.

2. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. Who informs Sensei of the widow and her vacant room in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A confectioner.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A banker.

4. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I do believe that for love to grow there must first be the impact of” what?
(a) “Arousal.”
(b) “Diversity.”
(c) “Novelty.”
(d) “Conversation.”

5. What insects does the narrator hear singing outside his window at his family home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) Ants.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Beetles.

6. K tells Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that he doesn’t mind deceiving his foster parents so long as it will lead him to what?
(a) “A better life.”
(b) “Important answers.”
(c) “The true way.”
(d) “Enormous wealth.”

7. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “There are advantages and disadvantages in having one's children” what?
(a) Baptized.
(b) Educated.
(c) Work.
(d) Learn karate.

8. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Customs.”
(b) “Laws.”
(c) “Words.”
(d) “Horses.”

9. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that Sensei’s family attempted to force him into a marriage with whom while he was in college?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister.

10. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I that the younger generation only knows how to do what?
(a) Spend money.
(b) Worship the emperor.
(c) Enjoy life.
(d) Complain about everything.

11. Sensei describes the road between the stone bridge and where as being particularly bad in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Yanagicho.
(c) Zoshigaya.
(d) Suidobashi.

12. 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?
(a) “Bottomless.”
(b) “Blinding.”
(c) “Limited.”
(d) “Deafening.”

13. What indiscretion of his uncle’s does Sensei learn about on his third summer home from college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) He has a mistress in town.
(b) He has a drinking problem.
(c) He is a political spy.
(d) He has divorced his wife.

14. Okusan and Ojosan leave the house to visit relatives where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Kyushu.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Kiharadana.

15. How does the narrator’s father always refer to Emperor Meiji when discussing news of him in the papers?
(a) His Excellency.
(b) His Majesty.
(c) The Holy One.
(d) The Wise One.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was General Nogi born?

2. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?

3. What does the narrator buy to put on the flag pole after Emperor Meiji’s death in Part II, My Parents and I?

4. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?

5. What is the name of the childhood friend of the narrator’s father that comes to see him on his death bed in the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?

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