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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What remains of Sugimura's planned Kawabe Park?
(a) Only the grass where the museums and theaters would have stood.
(b) Only the kabuki theater.
(c) Only the concert hall.
(d) Only the museum.

2. Why does Ono decide NOT to tell Noriko that he had contacted old acquaintances to try to ensure that her marriage negotiations went well?
(a) He doesn't want to make Noriko even more nervous.
(b) Noriko might become overconfident.
(c) Noriko would be angry if he interfered.
(d) The outcome had been unsatisfactory.

3. Why does Ono's wife object to being investigated to get the house?
(a) She thought the sellers had no right to check on them.
(b) She thought her secret would be discovered.
(c) She thought it would cost them money.
(d) She thought it would interfere with her daughters' marriage chances.

4. Why was Shintaro not initially called up for military service?
(a) He had a bad leg.
(b) He was mentally defective.
(c) He was his family's only support.
(d) His service as an artist was more important.

5. How does Mr. Saito feel about the demonstrations in the streets?
(a) The Japanese are children learning democracy.
(b) It is a great pity that people are being injured.
(c) They've gone too far.
(d) They're an important expression of freedom of speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is always somewhere in a Moriyama painting?

2. What does Setsuko say in Kawabe Park that irritates Ono?

3. What kind of mistakes does Ono believe are not shameful?

4. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?

5. How does Ono evaluate Naguchi's suicide?

(see the answer key)

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