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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. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A maple tree.
(b) A cedar tree.
(c) A gingko tree.
(d) A pine tree.

2. What relative of Sensei’s died of a similar ailment as the narrator’s father?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father-in-law.

3. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Waseda University.
(b) Kumamoto University.
(c) Hokkaido University.
(d) Imperial University.

4. 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) “Taking direction.”
(c) “Empty rationalization.”
(d) “Making friends.”

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?
(a) A Nagajuban.
(b) A kimono.
(c) A Kinchaku-bag.
(d) An Obi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sensei repeatedly tells the narrator that there is what in loving in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “Give a gentleman money, and he will soon turn into a” what?

5. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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