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

2. What disease killed Sensei’s father?
(a) Alzheimer’s
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Typhoid.

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?
(a) “Enormous wealth.”
(b) “The true way.”
(c) “Important answers.”
(d) “A better life.”

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

5. What refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing ritual suicide upon the death of their lord?
(a) Samurai.
(b) Shinshu.
(c) Kimono.
(d) Junshi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?

2. What refers to a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor?

3. 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?

4. In the middle of what month do K and Sensei return to college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. What word does the narrator use in Part II, My Parents and I, meaning an instance of talkativeness or garrulity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sensei make of the difference he finds in his adoptive family when he returns for his third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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

5. What does Sensei learn of his adoptive father from a friend 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. What is Sensei’s objective in having K live with him? How do Okusan and Ojosan respond to Sensei’s suggestions?

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

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

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

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