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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After asking for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, where does Sensei leave the house to go in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Nihonbashi.
(b) Suidobashi.
(c) Yanagicho.
(d) Kiharadana.

2. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Kamakura.
(c) Tottori.
(d) Kiharadana.

3. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “In those days, such phrases as ‘the age of awakening’ or” what had not yet come into fashion?
(a) “The way of the future.”
(b) “The new life.”
(c) “Technological advancement.”
(d) “Prophecy fulfilled.”

4. What term refers to the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Shinshu.
(b) Junshi.
(c) Samurai.
(d) Kimono.

5. The narrator tells his mother that he will have to go to Tokyo when in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) February.

6. The narrator states in Part II, My Parents and I, “My mother seemed to attach about as much importance to my graduation as she would have done to my” what?
(a) “Birth.”
(b) “First child.”
(c) “Death.”
(d) “Marriage.”

7. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I was like a man who runs to the edge of a cliff, and looking down, sees that the abyss is” what?
(a) “Blinding.”
(b) “Bottomless.”
(c) “Deafening.”
(d) “Limited.”

8. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he was brought up to be what?
(a) An excitable man.
(b) An educated man.
(c) An ethical man.
(d) An endearing man.

9. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Laws.”
(b) “Customs.”
(c) “Words.”
(d) “Horses.”

10. How did K die?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He had typhoid.
(c) He was hung.
(d) He had cancer.

11. What phrase is K particularly interested in when Sensei finds him living in the temple after their first summer from college?
(a) “Mohammed and the sword.”
(b) “Jesus and the books.”
(c) “Buddha and the elephant.”
(d) “Confucius and the fire.”

12. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “We are not in Tokyo, you know. Country people are rather” what?
(a) “Humble and honest.”
(b) “Spiritual and loving.”
(c) “Simple and angry.”
(d) “Fussy and resentful.”

13. Sensei has a dining table specially made for Okusan by a furniture maker where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Ochanomizu.
(b) Tomiura.
(c) Boshu.
(d) Masagocho.

14. By what name does the narrator’s father refer to his wife in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) Saku-san.
(b) Omitsu.
(c) K.
(d) Seki.

15. What is the name of the narrator’s brother-in-law?
(a) Seki.
(b) Omitsu.
(c) K.
(d) Saku-san.

Short Answer Questions

1. K’s foster parents sent him to Tokyo to study what, according to Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. When Sensei returns from summer vacation after his first year in college, he finds K living in a dirty temple by what?

3. What phrase does Sensei say of K “described completely his daily life” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. Sensei’s family home was how far from the nearest city when he was growing up, according to his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. Who informs Sensei of the widow and her vacant room in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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