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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) “Are you lonely?”
(b) “Do you enjoy flowers?”
(c) “Have you ever been in love?”
(d) “Do you have a girlfriend?”

2. Sensei tells the narrator that there is no such thing as what in this world in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A stereotypical bad man.
(b) A hope for the end of the war.
(c) A woman who is honest.
(d) A father who loves his son.

3. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?
(a) Once a day.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once a week.

4. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A maple tree.
(b) A cedar tree.
(c) A gingko tree.
(d) A pine tree.

5. 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) Shinshu.
(b) Junshi.
(c) Kirishima.
(d) Kimono.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

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

4. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?

5. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event does Sensei’s wife describe that hints at the reason Sensei changed and became removed from the world in Part I, Sensei and I?

2. How does the narrator perceive Sensei’s relationship with his wife in Part I, Sensei and I?

3. What does the novel’s translator write about the language in Kokoroin the Forward?

4. What occurrence leads up to Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of guilt in love in Part I, Sensei and I?

5. When and where was Kokoro first published? What insight does the translator give to the meaning of the title in the Forward?

6. How does Soseki respond to Sensei’s remark about Soseki seeking love in Part I, Sensei and I?

7. Who is the translator of Kokoro? What reasons does he give for his Soseki’s biographical information in the book’s Forward?

8. Where does the narrator first see Sensei? How does he go about approaching him?

9. What does the author of the Forward say of Soseki Natsume’s education and works?

10. Why does the narrator return home in Part I, Sensei and I? How does he depict his first days there?

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