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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (through page 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?
(a) “Death.”
(b) “Having children.”
(c) “Marriage.”
(d) “Life.”

2. 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.

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

4. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Fukushima, Japan.
(b) Osaka, Japan.
(c) Tokyo, Japan.
(d) Kamakura, Japan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

4. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?

5. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?

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