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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 21-42).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “All living things bear within themselves the essence of Buddha.”
(b) “Buddha is the light.”
(c) “Buddha be with you.”
(d) “Derive your strength from Buddha.”

2. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?
(a) Admiral Togo.
(b) General Shimokobe
(c) Admiral Omitsu.
(d) General Jinsoku.

3. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Yanagicho.
(c) Kamakura.
(d) Nikko.

4. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Tottori.
(c) Niigata.
(d) Nikko.

5. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?
(a) “Marriage.”
(b) “Having children.”
(c) “Death.”
(d) “Life.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?

2. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

3. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?

4. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?

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

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