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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. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Since my past was experienced only by me, I might be excused if I regarded it as” what?
(a) “My foundation.”
(b) “My religion.”
(c) “My property.”
(d) “My being.”

2. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “In those days, such phrases as ‘the age of awakening’ or” what had not yet come into fashion?
(a) “The way of the future.”
(b) “Prophecy fulfilled.”
(c) “The new life.”
(d) “Technological advancement.”

3. After asking for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, where does Sensei leave the house to go in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Nihonbashi.
(b) Yanagicho.
(c) Suidobashi.
(d) Kiharadana.

4. What does the narrator buy to put on the flag pole after Emperor Meiji’s death in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) Black crepe.
(b) A fish head.
(c) A tulip wreath.
(d) Origami cranes.

5. 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) “Laws.”
(b) “Customs.”
(c) “Words.”
(d) “Horses.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease killed Sensei’s father?

2. What “old-fashioned phrase” does Sensei use to describe K’s situation at home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. In the middle of what month do K and Sensei return to college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. What word from Part III, Sensei’s Testament means asserting opinions in an arrogant manner?

5. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that in his time, there were already a few high-class boarding houses for college students located where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Okusan give Sensei when he first broaches the topic of K coming to live at the house in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. How does Sensei’s past, revealed in his final letter, explain his demeanor in the earlier parts of the novel?

3. What does Sensei learn of his adoptive father from a friend in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. What conversation does Soseki’s father have with Saku-san in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. What does Soseki’s father say after Soseki’s arrival to cause Soseki to feel remorse in Part II, My Parents and I?

6. What does Sensei learn about K’s discovery of the engagement in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

7. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?

8. How are Sensei’s early days with his adoptive family described in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

9. What is K’s justification for defying his adoptive parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

10. Describe the scene when Sensei discovers K’s suicide in Part III, Sensei’s Testament. What is Sensei’s emotional response?

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