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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 207-248).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Kamakura.
(c) Ueno.
(d) Komagome.

2. The narrator says after his discussion with Sensei at the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I, “Among the things that Sensei said, what interested me most was his remark that no man was immune to” what?
(a) “Vengeance.”
(b) “Temptation.”
(c) “Evil.”
(d) “Disease.”

3. Where did Sensei attend college?
(a) Zoshigaya.
(b) Suidobashi.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Tokyo.

4. The narrator states in Part II, My Parents and I, “My mother seemed to attach about as much importance to my graduation as she would have done to my” what?
(a) “Marriage.”
(b) “Death.”
(c) “First child.”
(d) “Birth.”

5. 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?
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Confucius live?

2. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “In those days, such phrases as ‘the age of awakening’ or” what had not yet come into fashion?

3. In the middle of what month do K and Sensei return to college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?

5. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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