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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’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
3. 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?
4. What word from the narrative in Part I: Sensei and I, means requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking?
5. What relative of Sensei’s died of a similar ailment as the narrator’s father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Soseki want to know about Sensei’s past? What conversation takes place regarding trust at the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?
2. Where does the narrator first see Sensei? How does he go about approaching him?
3. What does Sensei’s wife reveal about her feelings for her husband while she and Soseki are in the house watching for burglars in Part I, Sensei and I?
4. What makes Sensei stand out to the narrator when he first sees him? Why does he seek Sensei’s company?
5. Why does the narrator return home in Part I, Sensei and I? How does he depict his first days there?
6. When and where was Kokoro first published? What insight does the translator give to the meaning of the title in the Forward?
7. What is foreshadowed through Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of trust in the first section of Part I, Sensei and I?
8. How does Soseki respond to Sensei’s remark about Soseki seeking love 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 reveal about greed and betrayal in his past at the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Forward to Kokoro. Who is the translator for the work and what does he write of the language in the novel? What important historical facts are related? Why are they important in understanding Kokoro?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the character of Soseki’s mother in the novel. How old is Soseki’s mother in comparison with her husband? What levity does Soseki lend to his mother’s advice and opinions? How does Soseki’s mother compare with Shizu?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the character of Soseki as the protagonist and narrator of Kokoro. How old is Soseki when the story begins? What attributes does he have? Is the narrator ever addressed by name in the novel? Why or why not?
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