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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (through page 164).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sensei describes walking up the slope of Koishikawa toward what temple in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Konnyaku-Emma Temple.
(b) Shinshu temple.
(c) The Temple of Myojin.
(d) Denzuin Temple.

2. What word from the novel refers to a Japanese stringed instrument consisting of a rectangular wooden body over which are stretched silk strings?
(a) Junshi.
(b) Shinshu.
(c) Koto.
(d) Kimono.

3. When was General Nogi born?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1823.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei tells the narrator in his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he wants to reveal his past to the narrator because he is what?

2. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?

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

4. What is the name of the narrator’s brother-in-law?

5. Sensei tells the narrator that there is no such thing as what in this world in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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