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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1817.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1912.

3. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) An eccentric.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A criminal.
(d) A preacher.

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?
(a) “Awfully morose.”
(b) “Cruelly vindictive.”
(c) “Obstinately vengeful.”
(d) “Excellently moved.”

5. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Ichigaya.
(c) Niigata.
(d) Tottori.

6. Sensei tells the narrator that there is no such thing as what in this world in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A woman who is honest.
(b) A hope for the end of the war.
(c) A father who loves his son.
(d) A stereotypical bad man.

7. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) By rickshaw.
(b) By carraige.
(c) By train.
(d) By foot.

8. 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?
(a) Maple trees.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) Cedar trees.
(d) Palm trees.

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

10. 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?
(a) “Repulsion.”
(b) “Arrogance.”
(c) “Questioning.”
(d) “Guilt.”

11. The narrator goes to stay with Sensei’s wife due to a slew of burglaries while Sensei is gone where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A dinner party.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A graduation.

12. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1900.

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

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

15. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “Buddha be with you.”
(b) “Derive your strength from Buddha.”
(c) “Buddha is the light.”
(d) “All living things bear within themselves the essence of Buddha.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?

4. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?

5. What game does the narrator play with his father while he is recovering to appease his boredom in Part I: Sensei and I?

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