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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ono Sadakuro do to the old man in "Act Five"?
(a) Stabs him.
(b) Ties him up.
(c) Laughs at him.
(d) Kicks him.

2. What does Kampei beg Senzaki Yagoro for in "Act Five"?
(a) To lend him money.
(b) To seek revenge against Moronao.
(c) To help him regain his honor in the city.
(d) To help him find a new job.

3. Why does Kampei cry when he sees Senzaki Yagoro in "Act Five"?
(a) Because he wronged Senzaki Yagoro.
(b) Because he didn't help Hangan.
(c) Because he is poor.
(d) Because he has been sent away from his house.

4. What does Kaoyo's poem in the letterbox to Moronao say?
(a) He can't understand her poem.
(b) That she rejects his love.
(c) That she accepts his love.
(d) That she thinks she is above him.

5. Who tells rumors about Yasuchika's humiliation in "Act Two"?
(a) Moronao.
(b) Yasuchika's servants.
(c) Kaoyo.
(d) Several shoguns.

6. How does Hangan greet the shoguns in "Act Four"?
(a) With sake.
(b) He doesn't greet them.
(c) With tea.
(d) With water.

7. In "Act One," why is Moronao able to abuse Yasuchika?
(a) Because he is stronger.
(b) Because he is braver.
(c) Because Yasuchika is tired.
(d) Because he is his superior.

8. What does Kampei think when Senzaki Yagoro tells him about raising money?
(a) That he is a fool.
(b) That he is an honorable man.
(c) That he is too busy to help.
(d) That he is keeping a secret.

9. How does Kampei describe his relationship with Senzaki Yagoro?
(a) They are distant cousins.
(b) They are former enemies.
(c) They are near strangers.
(d) They are comrades in arms.

10. Who oversees Lord Takauji's celebration of the new temple?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His younger brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) The mayor of his town.

11. Where is Hangan's body taken after his death?
(a) To the backyard.
(b) To the temple.
(c) To his family burial ground.
(d) To his mother's house.

12. What title does Enya Hangan Takasada hold?
(a) Knight.
(b) Governor.
(c) Lord.
(d) Major.

13. What does Kudayu want to do with Hangan's assets?
(a) Hide them.
(b) Hand them over.
(c) Take them for himself.
(d) Split them.

14. Where does Hangan injure Moronao in "Act Three"?
(a) The back.
(b) The arm.
(c) The forehead.
(d) The leg.

15. Where is the temple that Lord Takauji builds in "Act One"?
(a) Tsurugaoka.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Morrona.
(d) Chushingura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does someone want Lord Hangan to have a letterbox in "Act Three"?

2. In "Act Four," what does Hangan wear underneath his clothes?

3. In "Act Five," what is Ono Sadakuro new role?

4. Why is Yakushiji harsh toward Hangan when he first meets him?

5. Who does Kakogawa Honzo Yukikuni ask to find a messenger before he goes to speak with Yashuchki's wife in "Act Two"?

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