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

2. Why does the author say he has to stop the story?
(a) He is full of despair.
(b) His ink is running out.
(c) He has to sleep.
(d) His wife is calling him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the storyteller say Hanzaburo's legs are covered with?

2. What does the critic call Yasukichi's writings?

3. Whose obituary is printed at the end of the story?

4. What does Akutagawa panic about losing?

5. Where does Hanzaburo wake up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor say is wrong with the baby?

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

3. Why does Akutagawa become so upset about the raincoat?

4. What amuses Yasukichi at the end of the story?

5. How do the Honda's relative's react to the eulogy?

6. How does Shinsuke deal with what he calls his fake parents?

7. What is the life of the Stupid Man about?

8. What does the narrator remember about his father?

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

10. What are the author's feeling about religion during this time?

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