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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 is Musashi charged with stealing from?

2. How does Musashi decide if Sannosuke is good enough to join him?

3. What does Daizo offer Matahachi?

4. What is Matahachi trying to find?

5. What does Musashi tell Sannosuke they are going to build together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Musashi tell Otsu before leaving to fight?

3. What does Jo admit under questioning from Takuan?

4. What has happened in the fight between Seijuro and Musashi?

5. How does Daizo con Matahachi in this section?

6. How does Musashi know that Kojiro is in town?

7. What revelation does Musashi have when watching the drummer?

8. How does Kojiro prove to be a bad teacher?

9. Why is Matahachi happy with his punishment?

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

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 3

Examine the life of a samurai warrior.

1. Who are samurai warriors and how do they view life?

2. What influence have samurai warriors had on popular culture?

3. How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of samurai life? How has samurai values shaped the lives of the main characters?

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