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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 164-207).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Sensei return home while the narrator stays with his wife to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 10:00 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

2. Sensei repeatedly tells the narrator that there is what in loving in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Pride.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Anger.

3. 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?
(a) Maple trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Cedar trees.

4. By the end of what month is the narrator’s graduation thesis due in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) September.
(d) July.

5. What word from Part I: Sensei and I, mean the absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement?
(a) Dogmatic.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Loquacity.
(d) Coquetry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator’s sister not return home while their father is ill in Part II, My Parents and I?

3. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I that the younger generation only knows how to do what?

4. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?

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