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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. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Central Provinces.
(b) The Western Provinces.
(c) The Northern Provinces.
(d) The Eastern Provinces.

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

3. 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) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?

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

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. 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?

5. What does Sensei say “is the loneliest time of all” in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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