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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. What relative of Sensei’s died of a similar ailment as the narrator’s father?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father-in-law.
(d) His mother-in-law.

2. 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) 10 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

3. How many tea houses does the narrator describe on the beach in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

4. The narrator’s mother suggests that the narrator take Sensei what when he returns to Tokyo in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Dried mushrooms.
(b) Loaves of bread.
(c) Goji berries.
(d) Lychee fruit.

5. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Northern Provinces.
(b) The Central Provinces.
(c) The Eastern Provinces.
(d) The Western Provinces.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “I value your opinions because they are the results of your” what?

2. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?

3. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?

4. What game does the narrator play with his father while he is recovering to appease his boredom in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does the narrator have with Sensei regarding trust in Part I, Sensei and I?

2. What does Sensei ask Soseki on their walk in the tree nursery after Soseki has completed his thesis in Part I, Sensei and I?

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

4. Describe the setting of Kokoro. Where does most of the action in the novel take place?

5. What occurrence leads up to Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of guilt in love in Part I, Sensei and I?

6. What makes Sensei stand out to the narrator when he first sees him? Why does he seek Sensei’s company?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. How does the narrator perceive Sensei’s relationship with his wife in Part I, Sensei and I?

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