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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O-Kimi realize she has to take responsibility of?

2. What is the name of the man Shino marries?

3. What is the first thing the treatment says once must do to the nose?

4. What is Zenchi's chief characteristic?

5. What is the name of the garden Buddha is strolling through?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe Tanaka?

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

4. What emotion does Xiao-er feel as he rides away dying?

5. Describe Shino's life.

6. How does O-Gin become a Christian?

7. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

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

9. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

10. How does the Lord agree to help Yoshihide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between a novel and a short story in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

Essay Topic 2

What is the history of Christianity in Japan? Why did the Japanese find it so difficult to except the Christian faith? What do the stories express about how Japanese society viewed Christianity?

Essay Topic 3

How does Shinsuke's upbringing affect his character? What does the story say about Akutagawa's own character and the themes he has expressed in his other stories?

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