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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Ono react when he learns that Mitsuo attends school where Kuroda teaches?
(a) He praises Kuroda's work.
(b) He denies ever knowing Kuroda.
(c) He assures them that Kuroda would speak well of him.
(d) He says that Kuroda would not have a high opinion of him.

4. How does Ono want Noriko to appear during the miai?
(a) Dignified and silent.
(b) Quiet and respectful.
(c) Shy and innocent.
(d) Lively and intelligent.

5. 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 he becomes openly aggressive.
(d) First he is hostile, then openly welcoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ono's wife press him to find a better house?

2. Why does Ono believe that the Tortoise or Shintaro will never feel the sort of happiness he felt sitting on the hillside?

3. Why does Ono enjoy Shintaro's company?

4. How does Noriko persuade Ichiro to help her clear away the breakfast things?

5. What honor had Ono received in 1938?

(see the answer key)

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