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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that in his time, there were already a few high-class boarding houses for college students located where?
(a) The Hongo area.
(b) The Ueno area.
(c) The Boshu area.
(d) The Yedo area.

2. K was adopted into the home of what?
(a) A general.
(b) A priest.
(c) A samurai.
(d) A doctor.

3. What indiscretion of his uncle’s does Sensei learn about on his third summer home from college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) He has a mistress in town.
(b) He has a drinking problem.
(c) He has divorced his wife.
(d) He is a political spy.

4. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) March.

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

6. Where do Sensei, the widow, and her daughter go shopping for clothes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Yanagicho.
(b) Zoshigaya.
(c) Yedo.
(d) Nihonbashi.

7. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “I do believe that for love to grow there must first be the impact of” what?
(a) “Novelty.”
(b) “Arousal.”
(c) “Conversation.”
(d) “Diversity.”

8. K tells Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that he doesn’t mind deceiving his foster parents so long as it will lead him to what?
(a) “The true way.”
(b) “A better life.”
(c) “Enormous wealth.”
(d) “Important answers.”

9. What word does the narrator use in Part II, My Parents and I, meaning an instance of talkativeness or garrulity?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Loquacity.
(c) Coquetry.
(d) Disillusionment.

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

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

12. Sensei tells the narrator in his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he wants to reveal his past to the narrator because he is what?
(a) Sincere.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Obtuse.
(d) Going to be Emperor.

13. Sensei describes walking up the slope of Koishikawa toward what temple in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Konnyaku-Emma Temple.
(b) Shinshu temple.
(c) Denzuin Temple.
(d) The Temple of Myojin.

14. What word from Part III, Sensei’s Testament means flirtation?
(a) Coquetry.
(b) Dogmatic.
(c) Loquacity.
(d) Fastidious.

15. How does the narrator’s father always refer to Emperor Meiji when discussing news of him in the papers?
(a) The Wise One.
(b) His Excellency.
(c) The Holy One.
(d) His Majesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei’s landlady tells him that the reason she wanted a boarder was what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. 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?

3. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?

4. Where did Sensei attend college?

5. Who was left in charge of Sensei after the death of his parents?

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