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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?
(a) Passionate word and jokes.
(b) Sentimental claptrap and cliche.
(c) Sincere sentiments and love.
(d) Family words and dark similes.

2. What does the narrator is always looking over his shoulder?
(a) A female presence.
(b) An angel.
(c) Lord Buddha.
(d) A male presence.

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

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

5. What does Akutagawa call the girl he has an affair with?
(a) Flower.
(b) Petal.
(c) Mad cow.
(d) Crazy girl.

6. What is the baby taken to the hospital in?
(a) A taxi.
(b) A rickshaw.
(c) An airplane.
(d) An ambulance.

7. What kind style story is Spinning Gears?
(a) A melodrama.
(b) An epic poem.
(c) An autobiography.
(d) A biography.

8. Who does Hanzaburo kick across the street?
(a) A warrior.
(b) His wife.
(c) A shop owner.
(d) A rickshaw driver.

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

10. What did Honda die from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A war wound.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Typhoid fever.

11. What does the author use to help him sleep?
(a) Narcotics.
(b) Milk and honey.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Sleeping pills.

12. Where does the narrator go at the end of the story?
(a) The cemetary.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A gentleman's club.

13. What is the title of the final story?
(a) Give Me your Hat.
(b) Is it Worth it?
(c) The Question of Art.
(d) The Life of a Stupid Man.

14. Who was the next of the narrator's family to die?
(a) His eldest sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His youngest brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasukichi translate?

2. What kind of dresses did Hatsuku wear?

3. What does the author say he wants someone to do to him?

4. What kind of milk was Shinsuke raised on?

5. What are the nationality of the two men in the office?

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