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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 Moriyama wish to accomplish with his students?
(a) To spread their art throughout the world.
(b) To change modern art in Europe.
(c) To spread their art throughout Japan.
(d) To change painting in their city to conform to his idea of style.

2. Why had Moriyama been happy with his work looking back on it as an old man?
(a) He had devoted his life to repudiating debauchery.
(b) He had devoted his life to changing with modernizing trends.
(c) He had devoted his life to nurturing young talent.
(d) He had devoted his life to capturing a unique beauty.

3. What does Matsuda's neighbor boy do each day?
(a) He climbs a tree to watch Matsuda feed the fish.
(b) He feeds the fish.
(c) He climbs up on the wall between the houses.
(d) He comes to visit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Saito first meet Ono?

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

3. What famous Japanese artist does Moriyama emulate?

4. What did Ono feel was missing the night he won the award?

5. Why does Ichiro say spinach is his favorite food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Matsuda say he never married?

2. What European influences distinguished Moriyama's work from Utamaro's?

3. What has changed since 1948 in regards to Ono's painting?

4. When does Ono achieve his greatest feeling of triumph?

5. What does Matsuda say about his own perspective now that he is old and ill?

6. The reader learns some news about Noriko at the same time Matsuda does. What is the news?

7. How does Ono believe a teacher should regard his students diverging from his teachings?

8. What stylistic devices does Moriyama copy from the classic artist, Utamaro?

9. Ono recalls the influence of Moriyama on his own behavior. What does he say he adopted from his teacher?

10. Why does Ono approve of his teacher's distancing himself from his students' discussions?

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