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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Matsuda say he never married?
(a) He never found the right woman.
(b) He was too busy improving the world.
(c) He was too busy traveling the world.
(d) He had too many girlfriends.

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

3. Why does Ono quit painting for such a long time?
(a) He had been forbidden to paint.
(b) He felt he was untalented.
(c) He had lost his touch.
(d) He was disillusioned.

4. What does Ono advise Mrs. Kawakami to do with the profit from selling her bar?
(a) Relax and put her feet up.
(b) Retire to the seaside.
(c) Build a fine new place.
(d) Start a smaller place in the suburbs.

5. Which of the sisters is older?
(a) Setsuko.
(b) They are twins.
(c) We are not told.
(d) Noriko.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long before learning of his death had Ono visited his old friend?

3. What does Matsuda say the smell of burning means now that the war is over?

4. What phrase does Ono tell his pupils that is similar to what Moriyama has said?

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

(see the answer key)

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