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

2. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?
(a) “His widow.”
(b) “His estate.”
(c) “His legacy.”
(d) “His children.”

3. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that Sensei’s family attempted to force him into a marriage with whom while he was in college?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister.

4. What term refers to the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Junshi.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Shinshu.
(d) Kimono.

5. Sensei explains in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that rickshaw wheels then did not have what, as they do now?
(a) Valve stems.
(b) Lug nuts.
(c) Spokes.
(d) Rubber tires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does K tell Sensei he had met Ojosan by chance and walked her home 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. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?

4. What insects does the narrator hear singing outside his window at his family home in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?

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