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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mistakes does Ono believe are not shameful?
(a) Those made in good faith.
(b) Those made in ignorance.
(c) Those made in youth.
(d) Those made against one's will.

2. How does Kuroda's student, Enchi, change his attitude during Ono's visit?
(a) First he is hostile, then openly welcoming.
(b) First he is hostile, then he becomes openly aggressive.
(c) First he is welcoming, then openly hostile.
(d) First he is welcoming, then embarrassed.

3. How does Ichiro try to be grown-up when he meets Ono in the park?
(a) He doesn't smile.
(b) He shakes hands instead of hugging him.
(c) He refuses to play.
(d) He behaves calmly.

4. Why does Ono enjoy Shintaro's company?
(a) Because Shintaro is perceptive about politics.
(b) Because Shintaro has a subtle sense of humor.
(c) Because he is unchanged by the war.
(d) Because Ono admires his painting.

5. Why isn't Ono able to understand Ichiro's imaginary talk?
(a) Ichiro mumbled.
(b) Ichiro was speaking English.
(c) Ichiro was speaking German.
(d) Ichiro invented his own language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miyake think about the suicide of his company's president?

2. According to Suichi, Ichiro's father, why does Ono quit painting?

3. What position is Shintaro applying for?

4. Why does Ono's father object to his becoming an artist?

5. What does Ono mean when he talks of the art students "slanging" one another?

(see the answer key)

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