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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. The narrator states of Sensei’s wife in Part I: Sensei and I, “I was deeply impressed by her capacity for sympathy and” what?
(a) “Friendship.”
(b) “Understanding.”
(c) “Rationalization.”
(d) “Anger.”

2. The narrator describes Sensei’s attitude as what, prior to their meeting in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Overly gregarious.
(b) Sneakily condescending.
(c) Austere and arrogant.
(d) Somewhat unsociable.

3. What kind of nature does Sensei tell the narrator he has after they leave the tree nursery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Vindictive.
(b) Cleverl.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Repulsive.

4. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
(a) Hongo.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Masagocho.

5. What was Tokyo once known as?
(a) Ueno.
(b) Boshu.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Yedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?

2. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. When and where was Kokoro first published? What insight does the translator give to the meaning of the title in the Forward?

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

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