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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. How long does the university postpone classes during the Allied-raids?

2. When apart, how do the narrator and Sonoko communicate?

3. How does Mr. Ohba feel about the war?

4. After kissing Sonoko, the narrator claims he cannot extend his visit with her because of what?

5. How does Sonoko make the narrator feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the narrator kisses Sonoko, what does she expect from him?

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

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

4. Why do the military doctors think the narrator has tuberculosis?

5. Why does the narrator offer to carry Sonoko's bag?

6. What is the narrator's opinion of the factory that produces war planes?

7. What event takes place that proves to the narrator he is capable of basic, human emotion?

8. Why does the quote "The measure of a woman's power is the degree of suffering with which she can punish her lover" bother the narrator?

9. After the visitation with Kusano, why does the narrator become determined to love Sonoko?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the narrator ends his relationship with Sonoko, he continues to be haunted by her. Write a brief essay examining how the physical aspect of love interferes with the emotional love he feels for her.

Essay Topic 2

At an early age, the narrator is interested in other men. However, as a youth he does not attribute these feelings to be sexual.

1) What type of male influence does the narrator have in his life?

2) What masculine memories shape the narrator's life?

3) At an early age, why does the narrator hide this interest in other men?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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