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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. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?
(a) “The love that you lost from your family.”
(b) “The love that you will seek in a woman.”
(c) “Facing your true self.”
(d) “Having children of your own.”

2. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?
(a) “Anger.”
(b) “Friendship.”
(c) “Rationalization.”
(d) “Understanding.”

3. What word from the narrative in Part I: Sensei and I, means requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking?
(a) Coquetry.
(b) Disillusionment.
(c) Dogmatic.
(d) Fastidious.

4. 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?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. The narrator states in Part I: Sensei and I, that although he profited greatly from his conversations with Sensei, he found him very unsatisfactory as what?
(a) A mentor.
(b) A priest.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of what month is the narrator’s graduation thesis due in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. What was Tokyo once known as?

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

5. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?

(see the answer key)

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