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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the new apartment buildings under construction look to Ono?
(a) They are a sign of progress.
(b) They are ugly and too modern.
(c) They could be mistaken for bombed ruins.
(d) They are beautiful.

2. What does Ono believe would make Shintaro happier?
(a) If Shintaro had the courage and honesty to admit his past deeds.
(b) If Shintaro could get a teaching position.
(c) If Shintaro would return to the pleasure district.
(d) If Shintaro would find a wife.

3. Where does Ono believe his own mannerisms come from?
(a) His admiration of Sugimura.
(b) His former teacher, Moriyama.
(c) His friend, Shintaro.
(d) His old friend Matsuda.

4. What wrongdoing does Ono confess at the miai?
(a) Ignoring the war effort.
(b) Refusing to participate in the war effort.
(c) Encouraging the war effort.
(d) Trying to stop the war effort.

5. What does Ono say about the movie that insults Ichiro?
(a) He should stay home with the women.
(b) He is not strong enough to lift the table.
(c) The movie might be too scary for young children.
(d) He should obey his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Noriko like about her apartment?

2. What does Ono promise to do to help Mrs. Kawakami?

3. What is the common subject of Moriyama's paintings?

4. What does Noriko say her father could not do without her?

5. What question does Setsuko's husband, Suichi, persist in asking?

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