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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?
(a) “Friendship.”
(b) “Rationalization.”
(c) “Anger.”
(d) “Understanding.”

2. The narrator states in Part I: Sensei and I, that although he profited greatly from his conversations with Sensei, he found him very unsatisfactory as what?
(a) A brother.
(b) A mentor.
(c) A priest.
(d) A doctor.

3. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Sneakily condescending.
(b) Somewhat unsociable.
(c) Austere and arrogant.
(d) Overly gregarious.

4. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1857.

5. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that he learned to be an accomplished whistle-blower from a friend where in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. Where is Sensei’s wife’s mother from?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?

5. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Sensei of his father’s health when he returns to Tokyo in Part I, Sensei and I? How does Sensei respond?

2. Who is the translator of Kokoro? What reasons does he give for his Soseki’s biographical information in the book’s Forward?

3. Why does Soseki want to know about Sensei’s past? What conversation takes place regarding trust at the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?

4. What does Sensei say of “unnatural death” in Part I, Sensei and I?

5. Where does the narrator first see Sensei? How does he go about approaching him?

6. What event does Sensei’s wife describe that hints at the reason Sensei changed and became removed from the world in Part I, Sensei and I?

7. What is foreshadowed through Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of trust in the first section of Part I, Sensei and I?

8. How does Soseki respond to Sensei’s remark about Soseki seeking love in Part I, Sensei and I?

9. What financial advice does Sensei give Soseki in the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?

10. Soseki has said that he is often disappointed by Sensei’s responses. How is this illustrated after Soseki visits Sensei after completing his term paper in Part I, Sensei and I?

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