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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 word used by Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, means a freeing from false belief?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Coquetry.
(c) Loquacity.
(d) Disillusionment.

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 45 mintues.

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

4. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Tea cakes.
(b) Fish cakes.
(c) Coffee cakes.
(d) Goji cakes.

5. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) A Southerner.
(b) A Northerner.
(c) An Easterner.
(d) A Westerner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor?

2. What word does the narrator use in Part II, My Parents and I, meaning an instance of talkativeness or garrulity?

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

4. What was Tokyo once known as?

5. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?

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