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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. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Kamakura.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Yanagicho.

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

3. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Central Provinces.
(b) The Northern Provinces.
(c) The Eastern Provinces.
(d) The Western Provinces.

4. What does Sensei say “is the loneliest time of all” in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Youth.”
(b) “Sickness.”
(c) “Marriage.”
(d) “Death.”

5. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Sneakily condescending.
(b) Austere and arrogant.
(c) Somewhat unsociable.
(d) Overly gregarious.

Short Answer 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?

2. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?

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

4. The author states in the Forward, “The best rendering of the Japanese word "kokoro" that I have seen is Lafcadio Hearn's, which is” what?

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

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