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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. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?
2. The narrator states in Part I: Sensei and I, that although he profited greatly from his conversations with Sensei, he found him very unsatisfactory as what?
3. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
4. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?
5. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and where was Kokoro first published? What insight does the translator give to the meaning of the title in the Forward?
2. What financial advice does Sensei give Soseki in the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?
3. Where is Sensei when the narrator first goes to his home in Tokyo? Where does the narrator eventually find Sensei?
4. What leads to Soseki’s return to Tokyo after staying with his parents in Part I, Sensei and I? What does Sensei tell him when he first visits after his return?
5. What conversation does the narrator have with Sensei regarding trust in Part I, Sensei and I?
6. Describe the setting of Kokoro. Where does most of the action in the novel take place?
7. How does Sensei respond when the narrator asks him to clarify his meaning of “guilt” in Part I, Sensei and I?
8. What does Sensei ask Soseki on their walk in the tree nursery after Soseki has completed his thesis in Part I, Sensei and I?
9. What does the novel’s translator write about the language in Kokoroin the Forward?
10. What does Sensei say of “unnatural death” in Part I, Sensei and I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Soseki’s studies at the university in Part I: Sensei and I. What is implied as Soseki’s focus of study? Where does he live while in Tokyo? What does Soseki have in common with Sensei regarding his education?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss women’s roles in Japan in 1912. How are the women in the novel depicted in regard to gender roles and subservience to men? How indicative is this illustration to the time period and Japanese culture? What changes were taking place in this regard during the Meiji era?
Essay Topic 3
Women’s Roles in Kokoro
a. Discuss the differences and similarities between gender roles in the novel. How do expectations of men and women differ in terms of education, society, and culture?
b. Compare and contrast Shizu and Soseki’s mother in the novel. How does Soseki view his mother’s opinions versus those of Shizu?
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