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

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

3. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?
(a) Friend.
(b) Priest.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Laborer.

4. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Niigata.
(c) Tottori.
(d) Ichigaya.

5. What was Tokyo once known as?
(a) Boshu.
(b) Ueno.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Yedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?

3. What word used by Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, means a freeing from false belief?

4. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?

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?

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