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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. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?
(a) Admiral Omitsu.
(b) General Jinsoku.
(c) Admiral Togo.
(d) General Shimokobe

2. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A cedar tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) A gingko tree.
(d) A maple tree.

3. Who translated Kokoroand wrote the book’s Forward?
(a) Reginald Lee.
(b) Albert Johnson.
(c) Jacob Winslow.
(d) Edwin McClellan.

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) A Northerner.
(b) A Westerner.
(c) An Easterner.
(d) A Southerner.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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?

5. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?

(see the answer key)

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