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

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

3. How long before learning of his death had Ono visited his old friend?
(a) A year.
(b) A day.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

4. What does Ono say during his last conversation with Matsuda about his present-day perspective on life?
(a) It is broader and includes the whole country.
(b) It is all-encompassing and not bound by political borders.
(c) It is skewed by the damage done by the war.
(d) It is still narrow and doesn't extend much beyond the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Ono give Matsuda about Noriko?

2. Why does Ono quit painting for such a long time?

3. What does Ono mean when he talks of the art students "slanging" one another?

4. What news does Ono give Matsuda about himself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Moriyama's best student, Sasaki?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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