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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. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1910.

2. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1924.

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

4. What Japanese province is Sensei from?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Niigata.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Nikko.

5. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?
(a) “Entered the priesthood.”
(b) “Married another.”
(c) “Moved away.”
(d) “Destroyed himself.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?

2. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?

3. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

5. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?

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