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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 Ono come to admire Moriyama's treatment of his students?
(a) Ono believes it is important for students to develop their own thinking.
(b) Ono believes students' comments are mere flattery.
(c) Ono believes it is foolish to waste time discussing each comment.
(d) Ono believes students often know more than their teachers.

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

3. What does Ono promise Ichiro as a reward for drawing a picture?
(a) They would go see the monster movie.
(b) He would buy him art supplies.
(c) He would take him to the zoo.
(d) He would bring him dessert.

4. What is always somewhere in a Moriyama painting?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A lotus.
(c) A lantern.
(d) A teapot.

5. What is the "floating world"?
(a) The changing political landscape of Japan.
(b) The world of nighttime entertainment and drink.
(c) The water lilies in the palace courtyard.
(d) The life of beachcombers and fishermen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Matsuda think the two men should not blame themselves for their earlier actions?

3. Why had Moriyama been happy with his work looking back on it as an old man?

4. What does Shintaro paint now that the war is over?

5. What remains of Sugimura's planned Kawabe Park?

(see the answer key)

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