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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. Who raised Musui when he was born?

2. Who nurses Musui back to health after he runs away?

3. Musui says no young man should let ____________rule his life.

4. How old is Musui when he loses all his money after getting married?

5. What does Musui do after his retirement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Musui learn from Genebei?

2. What does Musui say everyone should be grateful for?

3. How is Musui rescued after he falls off a cliff?

4. How does Musui lose all his belongings after running away?

5. How does Musui get revenge on the boys at his Judo school?

6. What does Musui do after being beaten by twenty boys at a young age?

7. How does Musui discover the Pleasure District?

8. What does a brothel owner do for Musui after he runs away?

9. What advice does Musui give to young women?

10. What does Musui's father do when Musui comes home after running away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 2

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot. It is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 3

In this book, Katsu Kokichi presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

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