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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ono evaluate Naguchi's suicide?
(a) Ono said Naguchi was very brave and honorable.
(b) Ono said the death was foolish and wasteful.
(c) Ono said the death was cowardly.
(d) Ono said the death was tragic and sad.

2. How does Setsuko think Saito felt about Ono?
(a) Setsuko thinks Saito was rude to Ono.
(b) Setsuko thinks Saito disapproved of Ono.
(c) Setsuko thinks Saito was an admirer of Ono's work.
(d) Setsuko thinks Saito had no idea who Ono was until the marriage negotiations.

3. Who dies in June, 1950?
(a) Shintaro.
(b) Ono.
(c) Kuroda.
(d) Matsuda.

4. What is the last year covered in this story?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

5. When Ono and Matsuda examine their lives, what do they see, according to Matsuda?
(a) They were flawless.
(b) They were fascinating.
(c) They were valiant.
(d) They were flawed.

6. What does Matsuda say the world sees when they look at Ono and Matsuda now that the war is behind them?
(a) Two old men with sticks.
(b) Two failed imperialists.
(c) Two traitors to their country.
(d) Two instigators of a war.

7. When does Ono feel the sense of triumph he had hoped for?
(a) Receiving the praise of his students.
(b) When his family gave him a surprise party.
(c) Sitting on a hill all alone, eating oranges.
(d) Confronting Moriyama at his villa.

8. What brought about the chances in Moriyama's standing?
(a) He had returned to traditional Japanese art.
(b) His European style was increasingly admired.
(c) He had changed his European style.
(d) His European style was seen as unpatriotic.

9. How was Moriyama supporting himself after his painting was devalued and his school closed?
(a) Painting patriotic posters.
(b) Painting houses.
(c) Painting advertisements.
(d) Painting magazine illustrations.

10. What had Ono completed the same week he received the award?
(a) His floating world water colors.
(b) A commissioned portrait.
(c) The New Japan campaign.
(d) His paintings of fire engines.

11. What goal had Ono and Matsuda shared in the old days?
(a) Making a grand contribution to the war effort.
(b) Finding perfect wives.
(c) Becoming world famous artists.
(d) Teaching the artists of tomorrow.

12. What does the neighbor boy do when Matsuda speaks to him?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He comes into the yard.
(c) He comes into the house.
(d) He chats with Matsuda.

13. Why does Ono believe that the Tortoise or Shintaro will never feel the sort of happiness he felt sitting on the hillside?
(a) They did not have the talent.
(b) They did not risk everything in an attempt to be extraordinary.
(c) They were prone to complain.
(d) They were not skilled enough craftsmen.

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

15. What is the common subject of Moriyama's paintings?
(a) Children.
(b) The sea.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Ono's great sense of triumph?

2. Who does Matsuda claim has been blamed for Japan's downfall?

3. How does Matsuda describe the contribution he and Ono made?

4. When he learns there will be sake at dinner, what makes Ichiro laugh?

5. How did Saito treat Ono during their first encounter?

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