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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. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Kagoshima.
(d) Yuigahama.

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

3. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?
(a) “Rationalization.”
(b) “Understanding.”
(c) “Friendship.”
(d) “Anger.”

4. 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?
(a) Maple trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Cedar trees.

5. 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) 3 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

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

4. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?

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?

(see the answer key)

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