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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. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) By carraige.
(b) By train.
(c) By foot.
(d) By rickshaw.

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?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 10 days.

3. 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) Maple trees.
(d) Cedar trees.

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?
(a) “Strong wind.”
(b) “The heart of things.”
(c) “Fast-paced.”
(d) “Fanciful.”

5. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Waseda University.
(b) Hokkaido University.
(c) Imperial University.
(d) Kumamoto University.

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

3. 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?

4. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?

5. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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