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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. 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?
(a) “Prophecy fulfilled.”
(b) “The way of the future.”
(c) “Technological advancement.”
(d) “The new life.”

2. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?
(a) “Rationalization.”
(b) “Understanding.”
(c) “Anger.”
(d) “Friendship.”

3. What relative of Sensei’s died of a similar ailment as the narrator’s father?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father-in-law.
(d) His mother-in-law.

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

5. How does Sensei presumably die at the end of the novel?
(a) He does of tuberculosis.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He dies of cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells his mother that he will have to go to Tokyo when in Part II, My Parents and I?

2. What church does Sensei say was very powerful in his native district in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?

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

5. Where did Sensei visit before leaving his home for Tokyo after the quarrel with his uncle in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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