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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) “Natural forces.”
(c) “External stimuli.”
(d) “Spiritual forces.”

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

6. 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) Snake.
(b) Rickshaw.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Clock.

7. What is the name of the childhood friend of the narrator’s father that comes to see him on his death bed in the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Okusan.
(b) Saku-san.
(c) Omitsu.
(d) K.

8. K’s foster parents sent him to Tokyo to study what, according to Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Law.
(d) The English language.

9. Where does Sensei say K was born in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Temple of Myojin.
(b) Konnyaku-Emma.
(c) A Shinshu temple.
(d) Denzuin Temple.

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Yanagicho.
(c) Suidobashi.
(d) Kiharadana.

15. How old was General Nogi when he died?
(a) 62.
(b) 79.
(c) 44.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sensei attend college?

2. Through the grounds of what temple does Sensei enter the house of Okusan in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. What does the narrator buy to put on the flag pole after Emperor Meiji’s death in Part II, My Parents and I?

4. Sensei says of the financial agreement reached between him and his uncle that he had two options: to accept what was offered, or to do what?

5. When was General Nogi born?

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