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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 childhood friend of the narrator’s father that comes to see him on his death bed in the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) K.
(b) Okusan.
(c) Omitsu.
(d) Saku-san.

2. What insects does the narrator hear singing outside his window at his family home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Ants.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Crickets.

3. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?
(a) “Secrets.”
(b) “Questions.”
(c) “Friends.”
(d) “Obligations.”

4. How many days a week does K arrive home before Sensei in their last year at the university in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. After asking for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, where does Sensei leave the house to go in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Nihonbashi.
(b) Kiharadana.
(c) Yanagicho.
(d) Suidobashi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei says of the financial agreement reached between him and his uncle that he had two options: to accept what was offered, or to do what?

2. When talking with K after leaving the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, Sensei compares himself to what crouching before a lamb?

3. When Sensei asks for Ojosan’s hand in marriage, he says the conversation does not last longer than what in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in his letter in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, that he wants to reveal his past to the narrator because he is what?

5. When Sensei returns from summer vacation after his first year in college, he finds K living in a dirty temple by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sensei learn about K’s discovery of the engagement in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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

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

7. What does K confront Sensei about outside the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does Sensei respond?

8. What is Sensei’s objective in having K live with him? How do Okusan and Ojosan respond to Sensei’s suggestions?

9. How does Sensei go about getting approval to marry Ojosan? What is the result?

10. 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?

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