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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 the narrator is always looking over his shoulder?

2. What does the young naval officer give Yasukichi to help him write the eulogy?

3. What does the narrator's father try to bribe the narrator with?

4. What does the initially doctor say is wrong with the narrator's baby?

5. What is Shinsuke's primary factor in determining whether someone is his friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Akutagawa's wife increase his panic?

3. What does the narrator remember about his father?

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

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

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

7. Why does Oshino need new legs?

8. What does Akutagawa hear on the phone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Compare American and Japanese culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

What was the structure of feudal Japan? What problems does these author highlight about feudal Japan? What within the system does the author suggest created these problems?

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