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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 during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Yanagicho.
(c) Kamakura.
(d) Nikko.

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

3. 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) 10 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 day.

4. 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?
(a) 35 sen.
(b) 40 sen.
(c) 20 sen.
(d) 35 sen.

5. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?
(a) 1891-1940.
(b) 1831-1889.
(c) 1784-1847.
(d) 1868-1912.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

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

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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