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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the draft doctors think about the narrator's health?
(a) He needs to eat more protein.
(b) His autointoxication is faked.
(c) He has tuberculosis.
(d) He is in perfect health.

2. In Chapter 3, in what city does the narrator encounter air raid refugees?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) Yokohama.
(c) Sendai.
(d) Tokyo.

3. When the narrator finally kisses Sonoko, what does he feel?
(a) Relief.
(b) Attraction.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hope.

4. How does the narrator feel about being denied to fight in the war?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Cheated.
(c) Conflicted.
(d) Disappointed.

5. What does the narrator bring to Sonoko when he first seeks her out?
(a) Candy.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A love poem.
(d) A book.

6. How long does the university postpone classes during the Allied-raids?
(a) They do not postpone classes.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Twenty-four hours.
(d) One month.

7. What does the narrator study in college?
(a) Physics.
(b) Law.
(c) Literature.
(d) Science.

8. What author is referred to as a sodomite in Confessions of a Mask?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Proust.

9. What does the narrator fear about his behavior towards Sonoko?
(a) It is cocky.
(b) It is too forward.
(c) It is too effeminate.
(d) It is false.

10. What does the narrator assume is obvious to his fellow students?
(a) He comes from money.
(b) He has no interest in his studies.
(c) His lack of sexual experience.
(d) He has a broken heart.

11. Why does the narrator try to fantasize about women?
(a) He wants to make Sonoko jealous.
(b) To impress his father.
(c) He still hopes to meet the woman of his dreams.
(d) He wants to be attracted to them.

12. Where does the narrator see wounded air raid victims lying?
(a) By the train tracks.
(b) In newly dug graves.
(c) On his front porch.
(d) In town square.

13. After the narrator kisses Sonoko, he describes her beauty as what?
(a) Maidenly.
(b) Enviable.
(c) Fleeting.
(d) A disguise.

14. In college, what does the narrator do to make others believe he is attracted to women?
(a) Flirts with his female teachers.
(b) Dates many women.
(c) Whistles at women.
(d) Acts lovesick.

15. The narrator decides he will feel what if his family is killed in an air raid?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Heartbroken.
(d) Vindication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's family eat in celebration of surviving an air raid?

2. How old is the narrator when he attempts to lose his virginity?

3. When the war ends, what does the narrator study at school?

4. How does the narrator feel when separated from Sonoko?

5. What does the narrator feel about Sonoko's love for him?

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