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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had ended with a battle near the middle of the board?
(a) The team event.
(b) The event.
(c) The game.
(d) The march.

2. What does Uragami's opponent seem willing to do in every game of go that he plays on the train?
(a) Swear.
(b) Fight.
(c) Lose.
(d) Cry.

3. What kind of specialist is sent by the newspaper to examine the sick patient?
(a) Brain.
(b) Heart.
(c) Skin.
(d) Lung.

4. Who is the only player that represents the new age of the game of go?
(a) Yasunari.
(b) Kawabata.
(c) Otake.
(d) Uragami.

5. Who finds it hard to write about Otake and the Master?
(a) The go teacher.
(b) Uragami.
(c) Yasunari.
(d) The priest.

6. What does the Master seem to lack at the final match, according to Uragami?
(a) The strength to win.
(b) The intelligence to win.
(c) The desire to win.
(d) The skill to win.

7. What are the organizers of the game eager to get finished?
(a) Their dates.
(b) Their programs.
(c) Their vows.
(d) The match.

8. How long does the recess in the match last?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

9. Where does Uragami plan to go from the inn after the match is recessed?
(a) His summer home.
(b) His brother's inn.
(c) His father's house.
(d) His friend's house.

10. Who is almost bedridden with weakness after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Otake.
(b) Master.
(c) Uragami.
(d) Hiroku.

11. What game is proposed by the sick person after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Chess.
(b) Mahjong.
(c) Drops.
(d) Backgammon.

12. Who develops a cold and possibly some fluid in his lungs?
(a) Yasunari.
(b) Uragami.
(c) Jason.
(d) The Master.

13. If Otake forfeits, who will receive the sympathy of viewers of the game?
(a) Uragami.
(b) Kawabata.
(c) Yasunari.
(d) The Master.

14. From what hospital has the Master been released?
(a) St. Luke.
(b) St. George.
(c) St. Mary.
(d) St. John.

15. Who gets more frustrated as the sick person gets sicker after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Uragami.
(b) Hiroku.
(c) Otake.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final session of the play, what becomes apparent about the Master?

2. Who refuses to play after the session at Ito is left up in the air after a dispute over the schedule?

3. Why is the Master bundled up?

4. How is Wu, regarding his comments about the game between the Master and Otake?

5. After the play of what move does Otake take the offensive and the advantage?

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