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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’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Eastern Provinces.
(b) The Western Provinces.
(c) The Northern Provinces.
(d) The Central Provinces.

2. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Masagocho.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Komagome.

3. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Overly gregarious.
(b) Somewhat unsociable.
(c) Sneakily condescending.
(d) Austere and arrogant.

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

5. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A criminal.
(d) An eccentric.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?

3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?

4. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?

5. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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