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

2. How does Mrs. Kawakami's bar seem to Ono while the construction is under way?
(a) Quaint and charming.
(b) Traditional and historic.
(c) Shabby and out of place.
(d) Homelike and appealing.

3. What is Ichiro's favorite food now that he is eight-years-old?
(a) Shrimp with rice.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Ice cream.

4. How does Sugimura plan to leave his mark on the city forever?
(a) By eliminating the pleasure district.
(b) By converting Kawabe Park into the focus of culture.
(c) By holding prestigious auctions for his four houses.
(d) By leaving his fortune to the local university.

5. Why does Moriyama declare himself unsatisfied with his early work?
(a) He had been caught in the pleasures of the floating world.
(b) He had been unable to capture the essence of the floating world.
(c) He had been unskilled about the floating world.
(d) He had felt guilty about the pleasures of the floating world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Noriko upset Setsuko when they were children?

2. Why does Ono come to admire Moriyama's treatment of his students?

3. How does Ono describe Noriko and Setsuko?

4. What does Ono hope his own students will do?

5. What does Ono say in Noriko's kitchen that upsets Noriko and Setsuko?

(see the answer key)

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