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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 believe should give Matsuda and him satisfaction as they review their lives?
(a) They acted in the best of faith.
(b) They were too young to be accountable.
(c) They followed honorable leaders.
(d) They supported a just cause.

2. What famous Japanese artist does Moriyama emulate?
(a) Narita.
(b) Kirukama.
(c) Fujiyama.
(d) Utamaro.

3. What happened to Moriyama after Ono left his school?
(a) His work was displayed at the palace.
(b) His work had been admired in Europe.
(c) His reputation had declined.
(d) His reputation had spread.

4. How often does Ono visit Matsuda after re-establishing contact with him?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Just once.
(c) Every day.
(d) Once a month.

5. How does Ono feel about the future of Japan?
(a) The best times are behind them.
(b) The destruction will never be forgotten.
(c) There is a chance to make a better go of things.
(d) Their world is permanently ruined.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the last year covered in this story?

3. What implication does Setsuko make in Noriko's kitchen that offends Ono?

4. How does Ono find his old friend upon his second visit?

5. How do the art students treat Sasaki when he changes his style?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ono answer Ichiro's question about why men drink sake?

3. What does Matsuda believe was his and Ono's great misfortune?

4. Why didn't Moriyama applaud his student's maturing talent as an artist?

5. Why does Matsuda say he never married?

6. Why is Ono irritated at Setsuko's insistence that Saito never heard of Ono until the miai?

7. How does Matsuda console himself when thinking of his actions during the war?

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

9. How does Ono explain Naguchi's suicide to Ichiro?

10. How does Ono console himself that he did not visit his old friend as often as he had intended to?

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