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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. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?
(a) “Have you ever been in love?”
(b) “Do you enjoy flowers?”
(c) “Are you lonely?”
(d) “Do you have a girlfriend?”

2. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?
(a) “Entered the priesthood.”
(b) “Married another.”
(c) “Destroyed himself.”
(d) “Moved away.”

3. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) 1817.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1912.

4. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?
(a) “Arrogance.”
(b) “Guilt.”
(c) “Questioning.”
(d) “Repulsion.”

5. 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?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A gingko tree.
(c) A cedar tree.
(d) A maple tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei repeatedly tells the narrator that there is what in loving in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. 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?

3. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?

4. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?

5. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What does Sensei reveal about greed and betrayal in his past at the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?

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

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

7. What financial advice does Sensei give Soseki in the tree nursery in 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. How does Sensei respond when the narrator asks him to clarify his meaning of “guilt” in Part I, Sensei and I?

10. How is Sensei’s drinking described in Part I, Sensei and I? Why is this significant?

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