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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

2. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Kamakura.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Yanagicho.
(d) Uguisudani.

3. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) His parents need help with home repairs.
(b) His sister is having a baby.
(c) His mother is ill.
(d) His brother is getting married.

4. How many siblings does the narrator tell Sensei he has in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

5. What garment of the narrator’s does Sensei’s wife say is hand-woven and that she’s never worked on such beautiful material before in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) An Obi.
(b) A Nagajuban.
(c) A kimono.
(d) A Kinchaku-bag.

6. When the narrator compares his father with Sensei, he concludes that both are what type of men in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Self-effacing.
(c) Flamboyant.
(d) Proud.

7. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Hokkaido University.
(b) Imperial University.
(c) Waseda University.
(d) Kumamoto University.

8. What does Sensei say “is the loneliest time of all” in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Death.”
(b) “Sickness.”
(c) “Youth.”
(d) “Marriage.”

9. 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?
(a) “Do you have a girlfriend?”
(b) “Have you ever been in love?”
(c) “Are you lonely?”
(d) “Do you enjoy flowers?”

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

11. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?
(a) “Entered the priesthood.”
(b) “Moved away.”
(c) “Destroyed himself.”
(d) “Married another.”

12. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?
(a) Priest.
(b) Laborer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Friend.

13. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Central Provinces.
(b) The Northern Provinces.
(c) The Eastern Provinces.
(d) The Western Provinces.

14. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
(a) Kyushu.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Masagocho.
(d) Hongo.

15. What was Tokyo once known as?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Boshu.
(d) Ueno.

Short Answer Questions

1. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?

2. How much money does Sensei give to the son of the tree orchard in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?

4. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?

5. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?

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