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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. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1912.

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 Nagajuban.
(b) A kimono.
(c) An Obi.
(d) A Kinchaku-bag.

3. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. What phrase does Sensei say of K “described completely his daily life” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Level of education.”
(b) “Concentration of mind.”
(c) “Purity of spirit.”
(d) “Consumption by fear.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?

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?

3. Who informs Sensei of the widow and her vacant room in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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