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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 42-80).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
(a) Kyushu.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Hongo.
(d) Masagocho.

2. When did Confucius live?
(a) 1012-945 BCE.
(b) 108-55 BCE.
(c) 324-277 BCE.
(d) 551-479 BCE.

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

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) A Southerner.
(b) A Westerner.
(c) A Northerner.
(d) An Easterner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?

2. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?

3. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?

4. 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?

5. When does the narrator tell Sensei he will be returning to Tokyo while he is home for his father’s illness in Part I: Sensei and I?

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