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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. What does the storyteller say Hanzaburo's legs are covered with?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Manure.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Flies.

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

3. What does the narrator witness when he is 28?
(a) A robbery.
(b) The death of his father.
(c) A car accident.
(d) The murder of his adoptive parents.

4. What are the nationality of the two men in the office?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) English.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Akutagawa call the girl he has an affair with?

2. Who does Hanzaburo kick across the street?

3. What happens to Tseneko before she can see her husband's horse legs?

4. What kind of dresses did Hatsuku wear?

5. What is the name of the river Shinsuke visits with his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author end the story?

2. What does the Life of the Stupid Man say about Akutagawa's state of mind?

3. How does Oshino try to control his kicking legs?

4. Why is it so difficult for Oshino to hide his legs?

5. How does Tsuneko react to seeing her husband's horse legs?

6. What are Shinsuke's views on beauty?

7. Summarize the Spinning Gears story.

8. What does the narrator remember about his father?

9. Why does the storyteller think Oshino is so ordinary?

10. Why does Shinsuke come to appreciate the fact his mother did not breast feed him?

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