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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 164-207).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What garment of the narrator’s does Sensei’s wife say is hand-woven and that she’s never worked on such beautiful material before in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A kimono.
(b) A Nagajuban.
(c) An Obi.
(d) A Kinchaku-bag.

3. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Buddha is the light.”
(b) “Buddha be with you.”
(c) “All living things bear within themselves the essence of Buddha.”
(d) “Derive your strength from Buddha.”

4. When the narrator compares his father with Sensei, he concludes that both are what type of men in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Proud.
(b) Self-effacing.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Flamboyant.

5. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?
(a) “Having children.”
(b) “Death.”
(c) “Life.”
(d) “Marriage.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “There are advantages and disadvantages in having one's children” what?

2. At what time does Sensei return home while the narrator stays with his wife to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. How many siblings does K have in the novel?

4. Where did Sensei attend college?

5. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?

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