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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. In the middle of what month do K and Sensei return to college in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) December.
(b) May.
(c) September.
(d) July.

2. What poems does Sensei ask K if he knows after a game of cards in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) The HyakuninIsshu poems.
(b) The Heike Monogatari.
(c) The haikus of Matsuo Basho.
(d) The poems of Monk Sogi.

3. What term refers to the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Kimono.
(b) Junshi.
(c) Shinshu.
(d) Samurai.

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

5. How many siblings did Sensei have growing up?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he was brought up to be what?

2. Sensei’s landlady tells him that the reason she wanted a boarder was what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

3. How many days before the narrator leaves for Tokyo does his father have a fainting spell in Part II, My Parents and I?

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

5. Where does K tell Sensei he had met Ojosan by chance and walked her home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with K’s family during their third summer holiday from school in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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

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

4. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. Describe the scene when Sensei discovers K’s suicide in Part III, Sensei’s Testament. What is Sensei’s emotional response?

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

7. What does Soseki’s father say after Soseki’s arrival to cause Soseki to feel remorse in Part II, My Parents and I?

8. What topic causes strife between Sensei and his adoptive family in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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

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

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