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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. What word from the narrative in Part I: Sensei and I, means requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking?
(a) Dogmatic.
(b) Coquetry.
(c) Disillusionment.
(d) Fastidious.

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

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) Pine trees.
(b) Palm trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Cedar trees.

4. What game does the narrator play with his father while he is recovering to appease his boredom in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Dominos.
(b) Chess.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Backgammon.

5. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Kamakura, Japan.
(b) Fukushima, Japan.
(c) Osaka, Japan.
(d) Tokyo, Japan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?

4. By what name does the narrator’s father refer to his wife in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. When did Emperor Meiji die historically?

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