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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 apologizes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament for being what kind of person?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Contemptuous.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Disorderly.

2. What phrase is K particularly interested in when Sensei finds him living in the temple after their first summer from college?
(a) “Jesus and the books.”
(b) “Buddha and the elephant.”
(c) “Mohammed and the sword.”
(d) “Confucius and the fire.”

3. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I, “We are not in Tokyo, you know. Country people are rather” what?
(a) “Fussy and resentful.”
(b) “Spiritual and loving.”
(c) “Simple and angry.”
(d) “Humble and honest.”

4. Where does K tell Sensei he had met Ojosan by chance and walked her home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Kiharadana.
(b) Tottori.
(c) Masagocho.
(d) Uguisudani.

5. Sensei’s landlady tells him that the reason she wanted a boarder was what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Income.
(b) Security.
(c) To find a suitor for her daughter.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Emperor Meiji born?

2. What indiscretion of his uncle’s does Sensei learn about on his third summer home from college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. K tells Sensei in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that he doesn’t mind deceiving his foster parents so long as it will lead him to what?

4. Sensei claims in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that Sensei’s family attempted to force him into a marriage with whom while he was in college?

5. With whom has Okusan gone out when Sensei returns home to find Ojosan and K sitting alone in his room together the first time in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does K relate to Sensei of his family dispute and his situation after their third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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. Where does K go during his first summer holiday from school in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does Sensei describe him when the holiday ends?

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

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

6. What is revealed in K’s suicide note in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does Sensei react?

7. How does Sensei know K? How does K defy his parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

8. How does Soseki’s father greet him when he arrives home in Part II, My Parents and I? What is Soseki’s impression?

9. Where does Sensei go after proposing to marry Ojosan in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? What does he think about?

10. How does Sensei go about getting approval to marry Ojosan? What is the result?

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