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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. When did Confucius live?
(a) 1012-945 BCE.
(b) 108-55 BCE.
(c) 324-277 BCE.
(d) 551-479 BCE.

2. When Sensei returns from summer vacation after his first year in college, he finds K living in a dirty temple by what?
(a) The Great Kannon.
(b) The military fort.
(c) The central Tokyo cemetery.
(d) The Emperor’s castle.

3. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, “At first, I thought of Sensei’s wife as a woman of” what?
(a) “Understanding.”
(b) “Sophistication.”
(c) “Culture.”
(d) “Politics.”

4. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Masagocho.
(b) Komagome.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Uguisudani.

5. What is the name of the narrator’s brother-in-law?
(a) Omitsu.
(b) Saku-san.
(c) Seki.
(d) K.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okusan bring to Sensei after he says he is not feeling well in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. The head of the family that was renting a room in the house that Sensei would eventually take was killed in what war, according to Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

5. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

(see the answer key)

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