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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) Boshu.
(d) Masagocho.

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) “Confucius and the fire.”
(c) “Mohammed and the sword.”
(d) “Buddha and the elephant.”

3. How did K die?
(a) He was hung.
(b) He had typhoid.
(c) He had cancer.
(d) He committed suicide.

4. What “old-fashioned phrase” does Sensei use to describe K’s situation at home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) “Restricted to silence.”
(b) “Entered into the flame.”
(c) “Expelled from his father’s house.”
(d) “Walking on eggshells.”

5. Sensei describes walking up the slope of Koishikawa toward what temple in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The Temple of Myojin.
(b) Shinshu temple.
(c) Denzuin Temple.
(d) Konnyaku-Emma Temple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. When did Emperor Meiji die historically?

4. What does the narrator buy to put on the flag pole after Emperor Meiji’s death in Part II, My Parents and I?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What explanation does Sensei give for his lack of earlier response to Soseki’s letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

8. How does K’s family dispute conclude in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does K feel about the situation?

9. What does Sensei learn of his adoptive father from a friend 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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