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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Kokoro Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Japanese province is Sensei from?
(a) Tottori.
(b) Niigata.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Ichigaya.

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?
(a) “Thinking for yourself.”
(b) “Making friends.”
(c) “Empty rationalization.”
(d) “Taking direction.”

3. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) By rickshaw.
(b) By foot.
(c) By carraige.
(d) By train.

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?
(a) “His legacy.”
(b) “His children.”
(c) “His estate.”
(d) “His widow.”

5. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who translated Kokoroand wrote the book’s Forward?

3. When does the narrator tell Sensei and his wife he will be back in Tokyo after he graduates in Part I: Sensei and I?

4. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. What was Tokyo once known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sensei’s wife reveal about her feelings for her husband while she and Soseki are in the house watching for burglars in Part I, Sensei and I?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What leads to Soseki’s return to Tokyo after staying with his parents in Part I, Sensei and I? What does Sensei tell him when he first visits after his return?

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

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

8. What does Sensei ask Soseki on their walk in the tree nursery after Soseki has completed his thesis 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. What does Sensei reveal about greed and betrayal in his past at the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?

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