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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 21-42).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

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

5. 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) “Fanciful.”
(c) “Fast-paced.”
(d) “The heart of things.”

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Sensei return home while the narrator stays with his wife to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

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

4. What Japanese province is Sensei from?

5. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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