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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 has Mataachi bought to eat?

2. What does Tojo own?

3. What does Otsu agree to deliver?

4. Who does Seijuro say he has paid to have sex with Akemi?

5. What part of his body has Muasashi injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Matahachi conned out of money in this section?

2. What punishment so officials hand out to Takezo at the castle?

3. How does Musashi escape Osugi and Gon?

4. How does Musashi find Otsu again?

5. How does Akemi try to kill herself?

6. What does Akemi feel about stealing from corpses?

7. How does Oko prepare for Tsujikaze's visit?

8. Why does Akemi's mother demand Akemi continue to steal from corpses?

9. How do the villagers punish Takuan?

10. How does Musashi feel about his talk with Nikkan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Japanese and American culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the construction of Yoshikawa's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Yoshikawa's argument?

Essay Topic 3

MUSASHI is translated from Japanese into English. How much meaning can a book loses through a translation? What aspects of the book do you think would be the most difficult to express in English? How do you think a translator can overcome these difficulties?

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