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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator tell Sensei and his wife he will be back in Tokyo after he graduates in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) May.

2. 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) 4 days.
(d) 1 week.

3. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) A Southerner.
(b) A Northerner.
(c) A Westerner.
(d) An Easterner.

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?
(a) “Evil.”
(b) “Temptation.”
(c) “Disease.”
(d) “Vengeance.”

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

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

7. 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) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

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

10. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?
(a) “The love that you lost from your family.”
(b) “Having children of your own.”
(c) “The love that you will seek in a woman.”
(d) “Facing your true self.”

11. 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) Ichigaya.
(b) Tottori.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Niigata.

12. 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) A Kinchaku-bag.
(b) An Obi.
(c) A kimono.
(d) A Nagajuban.

13. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Sneakily condescending.
(b) Overly gregarious.
(c) Austere and arrogant.
(d) Somewhat unsociable.

14. 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) 3 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 10 days.

15. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Uguisudani.
(c) Komagome.
(d) Masagocho.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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?

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