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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 is the name of the widow and Sensei’s landlord in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Okusan.
(b) Ojosan.
(c) Seki.
(d) Shizu.

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

3. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “The development—or the destruction—of man’s body and mind depends upon” what?
(a) “Internal stimuli.”
(b) “Spiritual forces.”
(c) “Natural forces.”
(d) “External stimuli.”

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

5. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament that in his time, there were already a few high-class boarding houses for college students located where?
(a) The Yedo area.
(b) The Boshu area.
(c) The Hongo area.
(d) The Ueno area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious book does Sensei find in K’s room at the temple after he returns from his first summer vacation at college?

2. The narrator states in Part II, My Parents and I, “My mother seemed to attach about as much importance to my graduation as she would have done to my” what?

3. Past what temple does Sensei walk after crossing the Mansei Bridge in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. The narrator tells his mother that he will have to go to Tokyo when in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?

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. What are the conflicting objectives presented to Soseki by his mother in Part II, My Parents and I?

3. How old is Sensei when he is orphaned? Who is left in his charge after his parents’ deaths?

4. How does Sensei’s past, revealed in his final letter, explain his demeanor in the earlier parts of the novel?

5. What warning does Okusan give Sensei when he first broaches the topic of K coming to live at the house in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

6. What does Sensei learn about K’s discovery of the engagement 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. What conversation does Soseki’s father have with Saku-san in Part II, My Parents and I?

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

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

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