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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 Sannosuke want Musashi to take him along as?

2. What did Musashi help the villagers to develop?

3. Who does Matahachi identify himself as to Akemi?

4. What is the name of Kojiro's sword?

5. What do Musashi and Iori build in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ichinomiya want to kill Matahachi?

2. How does Musashi test Sannosuke's skills?

3. How does Gempachi know Matahachi killed Tenki?

4. How does Musashi attack Denshichiro and his followers on the mountain?

5. Why is Musashi happy he is not accepted to an official position?

6. Why does Musashi agree to stay with Yoshino at her teahouse?

7. What does Jo admit under questioning from Takuan?

8. How does Geki help Musashi in this section?

9. How does Daizo con Matahachi in this section?

10. What is Kojiro's attitude towards his hosts at the beginning of this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is honor such an important theme in the book? What does the theme of honor say about Japanese culture?

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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