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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. How many days a week does K arrive home before Sensei in their last year at the university in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
2. When was Emperor Meiji born?
3. 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?
4. After discovering K’s body, whom does Sensei decide to wake?
5. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “As I look about me, I find that I really have no” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?
2. What does Sensei learn of his adoptive father from a friend in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
3. How does Soseki’s family react when news is heard of Emperor Meiji in Part II, My Parents and I?
4. What conversation does Soseki’s father have with Saku-san in Part II, My Parents and I?
5. How does Soseki’s father’s health correspond to the newspapers in Part II, My Parents and I?
6. What warning does Okusan give Sensei when he first broaches the topic of K coming to live at the house in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
7. What is revealed in K’s suicide note in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does Sensei react?
8. What does Sensei make of the difference he finds in his adoptive family when he returns for his third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
9. How does Sensei know K? How does K defy his parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
10. What does Soseki’s father say after Soseki’s arrival to cause Soseki to feel remorse in Part II, My Parents and I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of Kokoro. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. How does Kokoro compare with other novels written during this time period? Are there specific stylistic elements that can be seen in Soseki’s writing?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss symbolic role that Emperor Meiji plays in Kokoro. What does Meiji represent metaphorically to the characters in the story? How does Meiji’s passing affect Soseki and his family? How does it affect Sensei?
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