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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. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Caustic.
(c) Elderly.
(d) Bitter.

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 45 mintues.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 3 hours.

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

4. The narrator states in Part I, “Sensei and I,”He refers to Sensei by that name not because he is trying to be discreet, but because it is more what to him?
(a) Sincere.
(b) Natural.
(c) Indolent.
(d) Obscure.

5. What did Natsume Soseki study in college?
(a) Calculus.
(b) English literature.
(c) Physics.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many siblings does the narrator tell Sensei he has in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

6. What does the author of the Forward say of Soseki Natsume’s education and works?

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

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

9. What is the narrative point-of-view in Kokoro? How is this perspective fitting for the novel?

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

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