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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 was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Kamakura, Japan.
(b) Osaka, Japan.
(c) Fukushima, Japan.
(d) Tokyo, Japan.

2. The narrator’s vacationing student friend is called home after they have been at the beach town for how long in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 3 days.

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?
(a) The Sino-Japanese War.
(b) The Russo-Japanese War.
(c) The Shimabara Rebellion.
(d) The Indian-Japanese War.

4. When the narrator first goes to see Sensei in Tokyo, it is how long since lectures have started at the university in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the widow and Sensei’s landlord in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?

3. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. Where do Sensei and K go after leaving Hota during their summer vacation together in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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