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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. Why does the narrator’s sister not return home while their father is ill in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) She doesn't get along with her mother.
(b) She fears having a miscarriage.
(c) She doesn't get along with her father.
(d) She doesn't like the countryside.

2. What word used by Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, means a freeing from false belief?
(a) Coquetry.
(b) Loquacity.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Disillusionment.

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

4. How old was General Nogi when he died?
(a) 79.
(b) 62.
(c) 37.
(d) 44.

5. What Japanese province is Sensei from?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Niigata.
(d) Ichigaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor?

2. The narrator tells Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “I value your opinions because they are the results of your” what?

3. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?

4. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?

5. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?

(see the answer key)

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