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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. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Niigata.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Tottori.

2. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Kidney disease.

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

4. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?
(a) General Jinsoku.
(b) General Shimokobe
(c) Admiral Togo.
(d) Admiral Omitsu.

5. What Japanese province is Sensei from?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Niigata.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Ichigaya.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, “At first, I thought of Sensei’s wife as a woman of” what?

2. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?

3. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?

4. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where was Kokoro first published? What insight does the translator give to the meaning of the title in the Forward?

2. 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?

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

4. Where is Sensei when the narrator first goes to his home in Tokyo? Where does the narrator eventually find Sensei?

5. Why does the narrator return home in Part I, Sensei and I? How does he depict his first days there?

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. How does Sensei respond when the narrator asks him to clarify his meaning of “guilt” in Part I, Sensei and I?

8. Describe Sensei’s demeanor toward Soseki upon their meeting. Does Sensei welcome Soseki’s company?

9. What does the novel’s translator write about the language in Kokoroin the Forward?

10. 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?

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