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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. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1933.

2. K was adopted into the home of what?
(a) A priest.
(b) A general.
(c) A samurai.
(d) A doctor.

3. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) A secondary teaching post.
(b) A laborer position.
(c) A government position.
(d) A managerial position.

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

5. What church does Sensei say was very powerful in his native district in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Denzuin church.
(b) The Hongan church.
(c) The Shinshu church.
(d) The Myojin church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sensei says he was not yet how old when he lost both of his parents in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. The narrator states in Part I: Sensei and I, that although he profited greatly from his conversations with Sensei, he found him very unsatisfactory as what?

4. Where did Sensei attend college?

5. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?

(see the answer key)

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