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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, My Parents and I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) July.
(d) March.

2. When did Confucius live?
(a) 551-479 BCE.
(b) 1012-945 BCE.
(c) 108-55 BCE.
(d) 324-277 BCE.

3. What does Sensei say “is the loneliest time of all” in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Marriage.”
(b) “Death.”
(c) “Youth.”
(d) “Sickness.”

4. In what month is the narrator due to graduate from university in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) May.

5. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?

2. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?

5. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

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