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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. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Kamakura.
(b) Ueno.
(c) Komagome.
(d) Nikko.

2. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “All living things bear within themselves the essence of Buddha.”
(b) “Buddha is the light.”
(c) “Buddha be with you.”
(d) “Derive your strength from Buddha.”

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

4. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Caustic.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Beautiful.

5. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?
(a) “Life.”
(b) “Death.”
(c) “Having children.”
(d) “Marriage.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Tokyo once known as?

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

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, “At first, I thought of Sensei’s wife as a woman of” what?

5. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

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