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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author believe is chasing him?
(a) Samarais.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Furies.
(d) Elves.

2. Who does the author say he sees slaying a dragon?
(a) Sir Lancelot.
(b) The Monkey King.
(c) St. George.
(d) King Arthur.

3. What does Hanzaburo die of?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) A seizure.
(d) Cancer.

4. Who does Yasukichi work for?
(a) The British Council.
(b) The Japanese Goverment.
(c) The Japanese Paratroopers.
(d) The Naval Engineering School.

5. What does Akutagawa think is imminent?
(a) His death.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) An illness.
(d) War.

6. What does the story-teller say Hanaburo's legs collapse like?
(a) A bombed tower.
(b) A burst balloon.
(c) A shot deer.
(d) Shrivelled balloons.

7. What does the author hear a man mention that something is?
(a) Tantalus.
(b) Tantalizing.
(c) Superb.
(d) Dedaulus.

8. What does Hatsuku mean?
(a) Special one.
(b) First daughter.
(c) Free as a bird.
(d) Goodness.

9. What kind of legs do the Chinese men give Hanzaburo?
(a) Bow legs.
(b) Broken legs.
(c) Horse legs.
(d) Cow legs.

10. What kind of dresses did Hatsuku wear?
(a) Far eastern dresses.
(b) Chinese dresses.
(c) Traditional dresses.
(d) Western style dresses.

11. What was the name of the founder of Rome?
(a) Romulus.
(b) Roma.
(c) Romany.
(d) Romin.

12. What is Shinsuke very poor at when he is young?
(a) Concentrating.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Singing.
(d) Socializing.

13. What does the author apologize for at the beginning of the story?
(a) That he may may make the reader feel sick.
(b) That his memory is not the best.
(c) That he he has to tell such a tired tale.
(d) That such an ordinary man is the protaganist.

14. What painter does Akutagawa talk about?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Munch.
(d) Van Gogh.

15. Who do the two Chinese Hanzaburo if he is?
(a) Henry Barrett.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Paul Potter.
(d) James Dean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shinsuke blame for his lack of physical prowess?

2. Why does the author say he has to stop the story?

3. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?

4. Where does Hanzaburo wake up?

5. What is the title of the final story?

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