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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. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?
(a) “Facing your true self.”
(b) “Having children of your own.”
(c) “The love that you lost from your family.”
(d) “The love that you will seek in a woman.”

2. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?
(a) Okusan.
(b) Shizu.
(c) Ojosan.
(d) Seki.

3. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1896.

4. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Ichigaya.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Tottori.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?

4. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?

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

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