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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 rickshaw.
(c) By foot.
(d) By train.

2. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

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

4. When the narrator first goes to see Sensei in Tokyo, it is how long since lectures have started at the university in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

5. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) An eccentric.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A hermit.
(d) A preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated Kokoroand wrote the book’s Forward?

2. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?

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?

4. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?

5. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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