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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. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?
(a) “Making friends.”
(b) “Taking direction.”
(c) “Thinking for yourself.”
(d) “Empty rationalization.”

2. What game does the narrator play with his father while he is recovering to appease his boredom in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Dominos.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Chess.

3. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?
(a) 35 sen.
(b) 20 sen.
(c) 40 sen.
(d) 35 sen.

4. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?
(a) “Friendship.”
(b) “Rationalization.”
(c) “Understanding.”
(d) “Anger.”

5. What word from Part I: Sensei and I, mean the absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Coquetry.
(c) Dogmatic.
(d) Loquacity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator goes to stay with Sensei’s wife due to a slew of burglaries while Sensei is gone where in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

3. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?

4. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?

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