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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. K was the son of a priest in what sect?
(a) Shinshu.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Kabbala.
(d) Santerian.
2. Sensei apologizes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament for being what kind of person?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Disorderly.
(d) Contemptuous.
3. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “In those days, such phrases as ‘the age of awakening’ or” what had not yet come into fashion?
(a) “Technological advancement.”
(b) “Prophecy fulfilled.”
(c) “The way of the future.”
(d) “The new life.”
4. What does Okusan bring to Sensei after he says he is not feeling well in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) A trout fillet.
(c) Buckwheat gruel.
(d) Rice cakes.
5. Sensei describes walking up the slope of Koishikawa toward what temple in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Denzuin Temple.
(b) Konnyaku-Emma Temple.
(c) Shinshu temple.
(d) The Temple of Myojin.
Short Answer Questions
1. What “old-fashioned phrase” does Sensei use to describe K’s situation at home in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
2. Sensei says in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Women in those days did not wear their hair over their foreheads, but twisted it up like” what on top of their heads?
3. What religious book does Sensei find in K’s room at the temple after he returns from his first summer vacation at college?
4. 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?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene when Sensei discovers K’s suicide in Part III, Sensei’s Testament. What is Sensei’s emotional response?
2. What does K relate to Sensei of his family dispute and his situation after their third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
3. What topic causes strife between Sensei and his adoptive family in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
4. What is K’s justification for defying his adoptive parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
5. How does Soseki’s family react when news is heard of Emperor Meiji in Part II, My Parents and I?
6. How does Soseki’s father’s health correspond to the newspapers in Part II, My Parents and I?
7. Where does Sensei go after proposing to marry Ojosan in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? What does he think about?
8. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?
9. How does Sensei know K? How does K defy his parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
10. How does Soseki’s father greet him when he arrives home in Part II, My Parents and I? What is Soseki’s impression?
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