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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 and K decide to go to the coast of where in Part III, Sensei’s Testament during summer vacation?
(a) Ochanomizu.
(b) Tomiura.
(c) Masagocho.
(d) Boshu.

2. Where do Sensei and K go after leaving Hota during their summer vacation together in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Masagocho.
(b) Tomiura.
(c) Ochanomizu.
(d) Boshu.

3. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?
(a) Rickshaw.
(b) Snake.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Clock.

4. How old was General Nogi when he died?
(a) 44.
(b) 37.
(c) 62.
(d) 79.

5. How many days a week does K arrive home before Sensei in their last year at the university in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei says he was not yet how old when he lost both of his parents in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. Sensei describes the road between the stone bridge and where as being particularly bad in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. What is the name of the narrator’s brother-in-law?

4. What word from Part III, Sensei’s Testament means asserting opinions in an arrogant manner?

5. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sensei’s objective in having K live with him? How do Okusan and Ojosan respond to Sensei’s suggestions?

2. How does Soseki’s father’s health decline as Soseki is preparing to leave for Tokyo in Part II, My Parents and I?

3. What conversation does Soseki’s father have with Saku-san in Part II, My Parents and I?

4. What does Sensei learn of his adoptive father from a friend in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. What does Soseki’s father say after Soseki’s arrival to cause Soseki to feel remorse in Part II, My Parents and I?

6. What conclusion does Sensei reach at the end of his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

7. What is K’s justification for defying his adoptive parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

8. How are Sensei’s early days with his adoptive family described in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

9. When does Sensei tell Soseki he began to respect him in his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

10. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?

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