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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. 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?
(a) “Have you ever been in love?”
(b) “Do you enjoy flowers?”
(c) “Do you have a girlfriend?”
(d) “Are you lonely?”

2. What church does Sensei say was very powerful in his native district in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Hongan church.
(b) The Denzuin church.
(c) The Shinshu church.
(d) The Myojin church.

3. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I that the younger generation only knows how to do what?
(a) Enjoy life.
(b) Spend money.
(c) Complain about everything.
(d) Worship the emperor.

4. Sensei repeatedly tells the narrator that there is what in loving in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pride.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Guilt.

5. When was Emperor Meiji born?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1894.

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. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. What phrase is K particularly interested in when Sensei finds him living in the temple after their first summer from college?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?

5. Sensei apologizes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament for being what kind of person?

(see the answer key)

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