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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ono think about the spirit of the old floating world?
(a) Perhaps it was not always for the best.
(b) Perhaps it will never be recreated.
(c) Perhaps it will be reborn at some point.
(d) Perhaps it was the best we will ever know.

2. What does Ono think about the return of the old floating world?
(a) It is just as well that it will not return.
(b) It would be better if it returned.
(c) Ono will pray for its return.
(d) It may yet return.

3. What quality does Ono say the arguments and banter of the old days always had?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Duplicity.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Sincerity.

4. What has changed in the city between 1948 and 1949?
(a) Bombed ruins are becoming scarce.
(b) Nothing has changed.
(c) One or two buildings are under construction.
(d) The destruction has been worsened by vandalism.

5. What does Ono say about the movie that insults Ichiro?
(a) The movie might be too scary for young children.
(b) He is not strong enough to lift the table.
(c) He should stay home with the women.
(d) He should obey his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ono describe Noriko and Setsuko?

2. Why is Setsuko uncomfortable with Noriko's talk about Ono?

3. What does Ono like about the garden?

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

5. Who does Ichiro's father, Suichi, think makes good role models for Ichiro?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taro behave during the miai?

2. What does Noriko accuse Ono of when he is working in the garden?

3. Why does Ono's father burn his paintings?

4. How does Saito regard the demonstrations in the streets?

5. Why does Enchi treat Ono in such a friendly way when he arrives to visit Kuroda?

6. Why didn't Ono object to Noriko's marriage into a family that was below their station?

7. How does Mr. Yamagata thank Ono for his support of the Migi-Hidari?

8. Why is it unlikely that the Miyakes withdrew from marriage negotiations because they felt inferior?

9. How does the Bridge of Hesitation get its name?

10. Why does Ono conceal his efforts on her behalf from Noriko during the weeks leading up to the miai?

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