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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. 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) “Strong wind.”
(b) “Fast-paced.”
(c) “The heart of things.”
(d) “Fanciful.”

2. What refers to a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor?
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Socialism.

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

4. The narrator tells his mother that he will have to go to Tokyo when in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) February.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) April.

5. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Tottori.
(c) Niigata.
(d) Ichigaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Confucius live?

2. How old was General Nogi when he died?

3. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “We are not in Tokyo, you know. Country people are rather” what?

4. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. The narrator says after his discussion with Sensei at the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I, “Among the things that Sensei said, what interested me most was his remark that no man was immune to” what?

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