View a FREE sample

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

2. 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.”

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

4. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?
(a) Admiral Omitsu.
(b) General Jinsoku.
(c) General Shimokobe
(d) Admiral Togo.

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) “Taking direction.”
(b) “Empty rationalization.”
(c) “Making friends.”
(d) “Thinking for yourself.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. When the narrator first goes to see Sensei in Tokyo, it is how long since lectures have started at the university in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

5. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 278 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample