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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 1 month.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

3. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Niigata.
(c) Tottori.
(d) Ichigaya.

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

5. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1896.

6. What word from the narrative in Part I: Sensei and I, means requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking?
(a) Dogmatic.
(b) Disillusionment.
(c) Fastidious.
(d) Coquetry.

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

8. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Kidney disease.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Arthritis.

9. 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 wedding.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) A graduation.

10. What word from Part I: Sensei and I, mean the absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement?
(a) Loquacity.
(b) Dogmatic.
(c) Coquetry.
(d) Apathy.

11. 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) “Guilt.”
(b) “Arrogance.”
(c) “Questioning.”
(d) “Repulsion.”

12. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Kagoshima.
(b) Zoshigaya.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Tomiura.

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

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

15. 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) “Destroyed himself.”
(c) “Married another.”
(d) “Moved away.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?

3. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. The narrator says after his discussion with Sensei at the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I, “Among the things that Sensei said, what interested me most was his remark that no man was immune to” what?

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

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