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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. 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) Pine trees.
(b) Palm trees.
(c) Cedar trees.
(d) Maple trees.

2. Who translated Kokoroand wrote the book’s Forward?
(a) Jacob Winslow.
(b) Reginald Lee.
(c) Albert Johnson.
(d) Edwin McClellan.

3. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?
(a) General Jinsoku.
(b) General Shimokobe
(c) Admiral Togo.
(d) Admiral Omitsu.

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

5. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) His brother is getting married.
(b) His mother is ill.
(c) His parents need help with home repairs.
(d) His sister is having a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?

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

3. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?

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

5. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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