View a FREE sample

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) “Life.”
(c) “Marriage.”
(d) “Having children.”

2. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

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

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?
(a) 40 sen.
(b) 20 sen.
(c) 35 sen.
(d) 35 sen.

5. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator’s vacationing student friend is called home after they have been at the beach town for how long in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

4. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 256 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample