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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sensei asks for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, he says the conversation does not last longer than what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 6 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 2 mintues.

2. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “The development—or the destruction—of man’s body and mind depends upon” what?
(a) “Internal stimuli.”
(b) “Spiritual forces.”
(c) “Natural forces.”
(d) “External stimuli.”

3. 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?
(a) 6 miles.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 14 miles.

4. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Women in those days did not wear their hair over their foreheads, but twisted it up like” what on top of their heads?
(a) “Jungle vines.”
(b) “Pig tails.”
(c) “Snake coils.”
(d) “Tornadoes.”

5. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) A government position.
(b) A secondary teaching post.
(c) A managerial position.
(d) A laborer position.

6. What “old-fashioned phrase” does Sensei use to describe K’s situation at home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Walking on eggshells.”
(b) “Expelled from his father’s house.”
(c) “Entered into the flame.”
(d) “Restricted to silence.”

7. What refers to a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Capitalism.

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

9. 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?
(a) Clock.
(b) Rickshaw.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Snake.

10. Sensei’s landlady tells him that the reason she wanted a boarder was what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Security.
(b) To find a suitor for her daughter.
(c) Income.
(d) Loneliness.

11. What religious book does Sensei find in K’s room at the temple after he returns from his first summer vacation at college?
(a) A Koran.
(b) A Vinaya.
(c) A torah.
(d) A Bible.

12. How many siblings does Ojosan have in the novel?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

13. What does Okusan bring to Sensei after he says he is not feeling well in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Buckwheat gruel.
(b) Rice cakes.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) A trout fillet.

14. How does K earn money to attend college after being disowned by his foster family?
(a) Working as a janitor.
(b) Singing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Acting.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the widow and Sensei’s landlord in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Since my past was experienced only by me, I might be excused if I regarded it as” what?

3. After asking for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, where does Sensei leave the house to go in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. Sensei explains in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that rickshaw wheels then did not have what, as they do now?

5. K was the son of a priest in what sect?

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