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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. What does the old woman pluck hairs from?
(a) A hog.
(b) A bird.
(c) A bear.
(d) A corpse.

2. What are O-Kimi and Tanaka going to watch in the neighboring town?
(a) A play.
(b) A fight.
(c) A circus.
(d) A film.

3. How does the narrator say Yoshihide watches his daughter burn?
(a) With tears in his eyes.
(b) With a swell of laughter.
(c) With hellish torture.
(d) With religious reverance.

4. Where does the servant spend the night?
(a) The palace.
(b) The Ran.
(c) The temple.
(d) The Rashomon.

5. What religion does Zenchi practice?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Shino marries?

2. Who is the Lord of Harikawa known to survived a battle with?

3. What does the sign say will ascend from the pond?

4. What is wrong with Shuri?

5. Who does E'in try to avenge in this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

2. How does Tajomaru lure the couple into the bamboo grove?

3. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Shino's daughter?

4. How does E'in try to avenge the townspeople?

5. What problems is the servant having in his life in Rashomon?

6. Why does the narrator believe the Lord chose to kill Yoshihide's daughter?

7. Describe the character of Naigu Zenchi.

8. Describe the character of Yoshihide.

9. What emotion does Xiao-er feel as he rides away dying?

10. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

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