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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. What term refers to the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Kimono.
(b) Shinshu.
(c) Junshi.
(d) Samurai.
2. What poems does Sensei ask K if he knows after a game of cards in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The haikus of Matsuo Basho.
(b) The Heike Monogatari.
(c) The poems of Monk Sogi.
(d) The HyakuninIsshu poems.
3. How many days before the narrator leaves for Tokyo does his father have a fainting spell in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.
4. Where is K buried in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Yanagicho.
(b) Kamakura.
(c) Zoshigaya.
(d) Nikko.
5. What job offer does a friend from school send to the narrator in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) A laborer position.
(b) A government position.
(c) A managerial position.
(d) A secondary teaching post.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?
2. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I that the younger generation only knows how to do what?
3. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
4. Where did Sensei visit before leaving his home for Tokyo after the quarrel with his uncle in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
5. By what name does the narrator’s father refer to his wife in Part II, My Parents and I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conclusion does Sensei reach at the end of his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
2. 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?
3. What does Sensei learn of his adoptive father from a friend in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
4. What happens with K’s family during their third summer holiday from school in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
5. How does Soseki’s father’s health decline as Soseki is preparing to leave for Tokyo in Part II, My Parents and I?
6. What is K’s justification for defying his adoptive parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
7. What does K relate to Sensei of his family dispute and his situation after their third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
8. How does Soseki’s father’s health correspond to the newspapers in Part II, My Parents and I?
9. What is Sensei’s objective in having K live with him? How do Okusan and Ojosan respond to Sensei’s suggestions?
10. Where does Sensei move after severing ties with his adoptive family in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
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