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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. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?
(a) Friend.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Priest.
(d) Laborer.

2. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?
(a) Pine trees.
(b) Palm trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Cedar trees.

3. When the narrator first goes to see Sensei in Tokyo, it is how long since lectures have started at the university in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

4. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Physics.
(d) English literature.

5. The author states in the Forward, “The best rendering of the Japanese word "kokoro" that I have seen is Lafcadio Hearn's, which is” what?
(a) “The heart of things.”
(b) “Fast-paced.”
(c) “Fanciful.”
(d) “Strong wind.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

3. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?

4. By the end of what month is the narrator’s graduation thesis due in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?

(see the answer key)

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