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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where is the narrator's father transferred right after the narrator moves in with him?

2. At what age does the narrator write an essay that his later self deems as false?

3. What position do most of the boys at school volunteer for during the war?

4. In one particular story read by the narrator, what keeps a Hungarian prince alive?

5. What weapon is used to kill Sebastian for good?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator begin drinking and smoking?

2. Over the summer, the narrator realizes his love for Omi may actually be what?

3. What attracts the narrator to soldiers as a youth?

4. Why do the narrator's parents keep him from living in the dormitories at school?

5. How does the narrator feel about the prospect of grabbing Omi during a game of Dirty?

6. Why does the narrator feel he has gone through life fooling not just others, but himself?

7. What physical actions does the narrator take in order to appear to be tough?

8. What impression is left by the narrator's memory of a night-soil man?

9. What sickness does the narrator suffer from and how does it affect him?

10. Describe the outfits the boys have to wear to school on "ceremony day"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Confessions of a Mask, the narrator's body betrays him repeatedly. Write an essay discussing the various ways the narrator's body betrays him and how this drives him to hide his true self behind a mask.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator spends much of his early life fantasizing about blood, death, and gore. Because of the war, the narrator is confronted with the reality of this world. Instead of being excited, as the narrator expected he would be, he is repulsed. Examine the dichotomy in the narrator's opinions towards violence.

Essay Topic 3

The war changes the country of Japan and those who experienced it.

1) Describe the country as it was before the war.

2) Explain how the war changes the people of Japan.

3) Explain how the war changes the narrator.

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