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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 initially doctor say is wrong with the narrator's baby?
(a) It has an upset stomach.
(b) It a bad tooth.
(c) It has the flu.
(d) It has consumption.

2. What does the author say he wants someone to do to him?
(a) Hold him.
(b) Tell him nice things.
(c) Strangle the life from him.
(d) Shoot him.

3. What does Shinsuke call the diary he wants to write?
(a) Diary without Self-Deceit.
(b) Diary of Hope.
(c) Poverty Pourings.
(d) The Diary of the Forgotten.

4. What kind of milk was the founder of Rome raised on?
(a) Cow's milk.
(b) Wolf's milk.
(c) Cat's milk.
(d) Goat's milk.

5. Why does the narrator's father try to bribe the narrator?
(a) To get him to ask his new parents to let him stay.
(b) To keep him quiet.
(c) To give him some money.
(d) To get him to run away with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Akutagawa think is imminent?

2. What kind of beauty does Honjo appreciate?

3. What does the narrator say he does during his mother's funeral?

4. What does Yasukichi enjoy writing?

5. What does the narrator witness when he is 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Shinsuke's views on beauty?

2. How does Tsuneko react to seeing her husband's horse legs?

3. Why does Akutagawa become so upset about the raincoat?

4. How do the Honda's relative's react to the eulogy?

5. What does the doctor say is wrong with the baby?

6. What happens to the baby?

7. Why does Oshino need new legs?

8. What does the narrator remember about his father?

9. What does the narrator remember about his eldest sister?

10. What are the author's feeling about religion during this time?

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