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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 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) 10 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 days.

2. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1857.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?

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

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

4. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?

5. The narrator states in Part I, “Sensei and I,”He refers to Sensei by that name not because he is trying to be discreet, but because it is more what to him?

(see the answer key)

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