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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. Sensei tells the narrator that there is no such thing as what in this world in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A woman who is honest.
(b) A stereotypical bad man.
(c) A hope for the end of the war.
(d) A father who loves his son.

2. What word from the narrative in Part I: Sensei and I, means requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking?
(a) Disillusionment.
(b) Coquetry.
(c) Fastidious.
(d) Dogmatic.

3. 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 maple tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) A cedar tree.
(d) A gingko tree.

4. 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.

5. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) Kamakura, Japan.
(b) Fukushima, Japan.
(c) Osaka, Japan.
(d) Tokyo, Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?

2. 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?

3. Where is Sensei’s wife’s father from?

4. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What financial advice does Sensei give Soseki in the tree nursery 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 Sensei ask Soseki on their walk in the tree nursery after Soseki has completed his thesis 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. 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?

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

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

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