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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The head of the family that was renting a room in the house that Sensei would eventually take was killed in what war, according to Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Shimabara Rebellion.
(b) The Sino-Japanese War.
(c) The Russo-Japanese War.
(d) The Indian-Japanese War.

2. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

3. What is the name of the widow’s daughter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Ojosan.
(b) Okusan.
(c) Seki.
(d) Shizu.

4. What word from the novel refers to a Japanese stringed instrument consisting of a rectangular wooden body over which are stretched silk strings?
(a) Shinshu.
(b) Junshi.
(c) Koto.
(d) Kimono.

5. 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 Vinaya.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A Koran.
(d) A torah.

6. What refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing ritual suicide upon the death of their lord?
(a) Shinshu.
(b) Junshi.
(c) Kimono.
(d) Samurai.

7. 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) “Horses.”
(b) “Laws.”
(c) “Words.”
(d) “Customs.”

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

9. When did Emperor Meiji die historically?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1865.

10. Okusan and Ojosan leave the house to visit relatives where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Kiharadana.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Kyushu.

11. 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) Obtuse.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Going to be Emperor.

12. 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 Yedo area.
(b) The Hongo area.
(c) The Ueno area.
(d) The Boshu area.

13. Past what temple does Sensei walk after crossing the Mansei Bridge in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Temple of Myojin.
(b) Konnyaku-Emma.
(c) Denzuin Temple.
(d) A Shinshu temple.

14. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?
(a) “Questions.”
(b) “Obligations.”
(c) “Secrets.”
(d) “Friends.”

15. Where is K buried in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Nikko.
(b) Yanagicho.
(c) Kamakura.
(d) Zoshigaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?

2. What poems does Sensei ask K if he knows after a game of cards in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Sensei apologizes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament for being what kind of person?

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