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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’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 45 mintues.

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

3. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?
(a) “Questioning.”
(b) “Repulsion.”
(c) “Guilt.”
(d) “Arrogance.”

4. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Overly gregarious.
(b) Sneakily condescending.
(c) Somewhat unsociable.
(d) Austere and arrogant.

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?
(a) “Making friends.”
(b) “Thinking for yourself.”
(c) “Empty rationalization.”
(d) “Taking direction.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?

4. What garment of the narrator’s does Sensei’s wife say is hand-woven and that she’s never worked on such beautiful material before in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

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