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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. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Kamakura.
(d) Yanagicho.
2. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?
(a) Friend.
(b) Priest.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Laborer.
3. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?
(a) “Questioning.”
(b) “Guilt.”
(c) “Repulsion.”
(d) “Arrogance.”
4. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A hermit.
(b) A preacher.
(c) An eccentric.
(d) A criminal.
5. What does Sensei say “is the loneliest time of all” in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Marriage.”
(b) “Sickness.”
(c) “Death.”
(d) “Youth.”
Short Answer Questions
1. What word used by Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, means a freeing from false belief?
2. What garment of the narrator’s does Sensei’s wife say is hand-woven and that she’s never worked on such beautiful material before in Part I: Sensei and I?
3. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?
5. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?
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