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

2. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Komagome.
(b) Masagocho.
(c) Uguisudani.
(d) Ichigaya.

3. 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) Pine trees.
(b) Cedar trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Palm trees.

4. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?
(a) English literature.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Physics.

5. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A disagreement with the neighbor.
(b) The views of the new emperor.
(c) His new diet.
(d) The death of a friend of his.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?

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

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?

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

5. 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?

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