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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Setsuko characterize Ichiro?
(a) He's unusually intelligent.
(b) He's precocious.
(c) He's messy.
(d) He's headstrong.

2. How long did Shintaro serve in the military?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two years.

3. What phrase does Ono tell his pupils that is similar to what Moriyama has said?
(a) No man has painted better than I.
(b) No man will make me believe I have wasted my time.
(c) No man has furthered art in our country more than I have.
(d) No man has helped more students than I have.

4. Why does Ono's father object to his becoming an artist?
(a) Their wealth makes artists disrespectful of others.
(b) Their poverty makes artists weak-willed and depraved.
(c) Art is useless in the world.
(d) Artists are dishonest.

5. How does Noriko persuade Ichiro to help her clear away the breakfast things?
(a) By telling him she will give him a treat.
(b) By threatening to send him to his room.
(c) By telling him she's not strong enough to put the table away.
(d) By threatening him with a time out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono's father do with his paintings?

2. What is a miai?

3. Who does Ichiro's father, Suichi, think makes good role models for Ichiro?

4. According to rumor, how did Sugimura assemble his garden?

5. Why does the songwriter Naguchi commit suicide?

(see the answer key)

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