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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. By what name does the narrator’s father refer to his wife in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) Saku-san.
(b) Seki.
(c) K.
(d) Omitsu.

2. How does the narrator’s father always refer to Emperor Meiji when discussing news of him in the papers?
(a) The Holy One.
(b) The Wise One.
(c) His Majesty.
(d) His Excellency.

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

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

5. The narrator states in Part II, My Parents and I, “My mother seemed to attach about as much importance to my graduation as she would have done to my” what?
(a) “Marriage.”
(b) “Birth.”
(c) “Death.”
(d) “First child.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

2. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?

3. What word from the novel refers to a Japanese stringed instrument consisting of a rectangular wooden body over which are stretched silk strings?

4. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I was like a man who runs to the edge of a cliff, and looking down, sees that the abyss is” what?

5. In what month is the narrator due to graduate from university in Part I: Sensei and I?

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