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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says that he learned to be an accomplished whistle-blower from a friend where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Kagoshima.
(d) Zoshigaya.

2. 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) “Obstinately vengeful.”
(b) “Excellently moved.”
(c) “Cruelly vindictive.”
(d) “Awfully morose.”

3. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Komagome.
(b) Ueno.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Kamakura.

4. In what month is the narrator due to graduate from university in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) January.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) March.

5. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A gingko tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) A cedar tree.
(d) A maple tree.

6. The narrator tells Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “I value your opinions because they are the results of your” what?
(a) Childhood.
(b) Experience.
(c) Religion.
(d) Beliefs.

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

8. 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?
(a) Fish cakes.
(b) Tea cakes.
(c) Goji cakes.
(d) Coffee cakes.

9. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

11. 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) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

12. The narrator states in Part I, “Sensei and I,”He refers to Sensei by that name not because he is trying to be discreet, but because it is more what to him?
(a) Indolent.
(b) Natural.
(c) Obscure.
(d) Sincere.

13. 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.

14. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 days.

15. 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?
(a) “Having children.”
(b) “Life.”
(c) “Death.”
(d) “Marriage.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

2. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?

3. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?

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

5. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “Give a gentleman money, and he will soon turn into a” what?

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