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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 is Sasaki's rank?

2. Who congratulates Yasukichi for his eulogy?

3. What is Shinsuke very poor at when he is young?

4. What does the storyteller say frightens horses across the region?

5. Why do the Chinese men panic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say he remembers about his mother?

2. What is Shinsuke's opinion on books?

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

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

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

6. Describe the image at the river Shinsuke says affects him deeply.

7. Why does Shinsuke struggle to make friends?

8. Summarize the Spinning Gears story.

9. Why is Oshino suddenly unable to control his legs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What information is in Henry Barrett's obituary? Why does the author include Henry Barrett's obituary at the end of Horse Legs?

Essay Topic 2

What does the Rashomon gate symbolize in the story Rashomon? How does the gate reflect the servant's own state of mind?

Essay Topic 3

What is the moral of the Spider Thread story? What does this moral of the story say about the Buddhist religion.?

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