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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who congratulates Yasukichi for his eulogy?
(a) Sasaki.
(b) Honda's sister.
(c) Honda's father.
(d) Fujita.

2. What does Akutagawa panic about losing?
(a) His cigarettes.
(b) His phone.
(c) His slipper.
(d) His hat.

3. What does the critic call Yasukichi's writings?
(a) Spare-time jottings.
(b) Ramblings of a genuis.
(c) Dull and techically awful.
(d) Over-wroght.

4. What is the narrator's job?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A lawyer.

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

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

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

8. What does Shinsuke say his parents fake?
(a) A better upbringing.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) A low stature.

9. What city was Shinsuke born in?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Osaka.
(d) Peking.

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

11. What is Shinsuke's primary factor in determining whether someone is his friend?
(a) Humor.
(b) Looks.
(c) Complexity.
(d) Intelligence.

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

13. How is the narrator informed of his mother's death?
(a) By his father.
(b) By telegram.
(c) By a messenger boy.
(d) By letter.

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

15. What city does Akutagawa head towards at the beginning of the story?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Tokoyo.
(c) Hiroshoma.
(d) Jeonju.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say he sees slaying a dragon?

2. What is the only part of the author's brother-in-law's face that stays intact?

3. Who does the narrator say was a troublemaker?

4. What does Yasukichi feel when he realizes people like his eulogy?

5. What does the young naval officer give Yasukichi to help him write the eulogy?

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