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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people think Yoshihide can paint the fires of hell so well?
(a) He once saw a city fire.
(b) He is in close contact with the devil.
(c) His house burned down.
(d) He almost burned to death.

2. How does the narrator say Yoshihide watches his daughter burn?
(a) With a swell of laughter.
(b) With religious reverance.
(c) With tears in his eyes.
(d) With hellish torture.

3. What are Christians sentenced to in O-Gin?
(a) Hot coals.
(b) Burn at the stake.
(c) A work camp.
(d) Buried alive.

4. What does Shino have to break to renounce her religion?
(a) A jesus figure.
(b) A cross.
(c) Lady Madonna.
(d) A candle.

5. What is the name of the painter who created the Hell Screen?
(a) Yuta.
(b) Harikawa.
(c) Yoshihide.
(d) Akiro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two countries are fighting?

2. Which part of the Hell screen frightens everyone with its power?

3. What is O-Kimi's job?

4. Where does Kimura say he met Xiao-er?

5. What does Shuri use to murder Munernori?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Shuri, Usaemon and other members of the Itakura family punished?

2. Why does the narrator believe the Lord chose to kill Yoshihide's daughter?

3. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

4. What problems is the servant having in his life in Rashomon?

5. Why does Kimura think Xiao-er went against his vow?

6. How does Tajomaru lure the couple into the bamboo grove?

7. Why does Buddha decide to give Kandata a chance to redeem himself?

8. Why does O-Gin decide to renounce her faith?

9. How did Xiao-er get his head chopped off?

10. How does the author describe Tanaka?

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