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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. How does Ichiro try to be grown-up when he meets Ono in the park?
(a) He doesn't smile.
(b) He shakes hands instead of hugging him.
(c) He refuses to play.
(d) He behaves calmly.

2. What is found where Mrs. Kawakami's and the Migi-Hidari once stood?
(a) A theater and a restaurant.
(b) A bank and a theater.
(c) An office building and a parking lot.
(d) A restaurant and an office building.

3. Why does Matsuda think the two men should not blame themselves for their earlier actions?
(a) They acted on their beliefs and did their utmost.
(b) They were fooled by charlatans.
(c) They were too young to understand forces around them.
(d) Their actions had produced good results.

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

5. Why does Ichiro say spinach is his favorite food?
(a) Because his aunt Noriko says spinach will make him strong.
(b) Because his father says spinach will make him strong.
(c) Because his mother says spinach will make him strong.
(d) Because Popeye says spinach makes him strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Setsuko?

2. What does Noriko like about her apartment?

3. What is always somewhere in a Moriyama painting?

4. Why does Ono admire Sugimura?

5. What kindness does Matsuda perform for Ono?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ono admire Sugimura's work on Kawabe Park, even though Sugimura failed to accomplish his goals?

2. After re-establishing contact with Matsuda during Noriko's marriage negotiations, what contact have Ono and Matsuda had before Matsuda dies?

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

4. What does Ono say the New Japan proved about him and about Matsuda?

5. How has Ichiro changed in the year since Ono last saw him?

6. What do we learn about Setsuko from Ono's conversation with Matsuda?

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

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

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

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

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