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

2. 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?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) January.

3. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?
(a) Palm trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Cedar trees.

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 Northerner.
(b) An Easterner.
(c) A Westerner.
(d) A Southerner.

5. The narrator’s vacationing student friend is called home after they have been at the beach town for how long in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What “delicacy” does the narrator’s father enjoy having his wife prepare for him while he is bed-ridden in Part II, My Parents and I?

2. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?

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

4. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?

5. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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