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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. How does Kampei feel when he finds Ono Sadakuro dead?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Confused.
(d) Cursed.

2. What is the first thing Yakushiji demands after Hangan dies?
(a) For everyone to leave.
(b) For a fire to be built.
(c) His land.
(d) His wife.

3. What is seppuku?
(a) Giving up one's money.
(b) Dying for a wrong.
(c) Paying a fine for a crime.
(d) Giving up one's wife.

4. In "Act Five," what does the old man tell Ono Sadakuro about his money?
(a) He got it from selling his daughter.
(b) He found it behind the temple.
(c) It is his life savings.
(d) He stole it from someone.

5. What does Hangan stab himself with in "Act Four"?
(a) A knife.
(b) A sword.
(c) A daggar.
(d) A sai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kaoyo's poem in the letterbox to Moronao say?

2. What happens when Ishido tells Yakushiji to be respectful in "Act Four"?

3. How does Ono Sadakuro die?

4. What does Kampei promise Senzaki Yagoro in "Act Five"?

5. Who tells rumors about Yasuchika's humiliation in "Act Two"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors spread in "Act Two"?

2. In "Act Three," how does the letterbox make its way to Moronao?

3. What happens between Moronao and Hangan during the celebration in "Act Three"?

4. In "Act Five," what is significant about the monument to Hangan?

5. How does Hangan react to the order that he must commit seppuku?

6. In "Act One," what argument do Yasuchika and Moronao get into?

7. How does Lord Wakasanosuke's attitude toward Moronao change in "Act Three"?

8. What happens do Hangan's property immediately after his death?

9. In "Act Two," what happens when Lord Wakasanosuke meets with Honzo?

10. Why does Honzo first ask to meet Moronao in "Act Three"?

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