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

2. 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) 20 sen.
(b) 35 sen.
(c) 40 sen.
(d) 35 sen.

3. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

4. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1920.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?

2. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

3. The narrator states in Part I, “Sensei and I,”He refers to Sensei by that name not because he is trying to be discreet, but because it is more what to him?

4. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

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?

(see the answer key)

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