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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
2. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?
3. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your” what?
4. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?
5. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation does the narrator have with Sensei regarding trust in Part I, Sensei and I?
2. Where is Sensei when the narrator first goes to his home in Tokyo? Where does the narrator eventually find Sensei?
3. What event does Sensei’s wife describe that hints at the reason Sensei changed and became removed from the world in Part I, Sensei and I?
4. What financial advice does Sensei give Soseki in the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?
5. What does Sensei say of “unnatural death” in Part I, Sensei and I?
6. Describe the setting of Kokoro. Where does most of the action in the novel take place?
7. What is foreshadowed through Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of trust in the first section of Part I, Sensei and I?
8. When and where was Kokoro first published? What insight does the translator give to the meaning of the title in the Forward?
9. How does Soseki respond to Sensei’s remark about Soseki seeking love in Part I, Sensei and I?
10. What does the novel’s translator write about the language in Kokoroin the Forward?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fathers and Sons in Kokoro
a. Discuss the relationship between Sensei and Soseki in the novel. How does this relationship resemble that of a father and son? How does Soseki compare his father to Sensei?
b. Compare and contrast Soseki and Sensei’s fathers in the novel. How are they similar? How do they differ?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of monetary greed in Kokoro. What characters illustrate this theme clearly? How is Sensei’s past affected by greed? What impact did this have on Sensei and his feelings for humanity?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Sensei’s opening words to Soseki in Part III, Sensei’s Testament. What does Sensei tell Soseki regarding their previous discussion of trust? How does Sensei explain his lack of correspondence after Soseki’s letter? When does Sensei say he began to respect Soseki?
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