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

2. When the narrator is around Sonoko, how does he feel?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Smart.
(d) Stupid.

3. Following the break-up with the narrator, what does Sonoko claim to be happy about?
(a) The war.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Her financial status.
(d) Her career.

4. How does the narrator accidentally avoid the draft?
(a) He gets a bad cold.
(b) Omi runs the draft.
(c) He is late for his appointment.
(d) His brother runs the draft.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator bring to Sonoko when he first seeks her out?

3. What author is referred to as a sodomite in Confessions of a Mask?

4. Why does the narrator think it unusual that Chieko is cheerful?

5. After visiting Kusano, how does the narrator feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator allow Chieko to kiss him?

2. As the relationship between the narrator and Sonoko grows, why does the narrator struggle with "pangs of consciousness"?

3. After the visitation with Kusano, what sight confronts the narrator on his train ride home?

4. On the train, what does the narrator do that makes Sonoko blush?

5. When does the narrator get his first opportunity to spend time with Sonoko?

6. When Sonoko confronts the issue of the break-up with the narrator, what does she want to know?

7. Why does the narrator want to stay in a hotel with Sonoko?

8. Prior to his draft meeting, the narrator suspects his health will make him what?

9. In addition to being the first female the narrator feels capable of loving, what additional benefit does Sonoko offer the narrator?

10. What does the narrator ask Kusano regarding the relationship he ended with Sonoko?

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