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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is the game delayed as a doctor arrives on the scene?
(a) 10th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 20th.
(d) 5th.

3. What move by the Master does Otake consider a brilliant one that leaves him in a tough spot?
(a) Black 100.
(b) Black 101.
(c) White 130.
(d) White 131.

4. Who is eager to leave the table at the noon break, after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Hiroku.
(b) Uragami.
(c) Master.
(d) Otake.

5. Who is finishing up as a new game is proposed by the sick person, after the middle phase of the game?
(a) The editor.
(b) The writer.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The player.

6. Who refuses to play after the session at Ito is left up in the air after a dispute over the schedule?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Yasunari.
(c) Otake.
(d) Ito.

7. Who is the editor of the literary section of Uragami's newspaper?
(a) Hiroku.
(b) Otake.
(c) Kume.
(d) Master.

8. When does Otake relent and agree to the conditions that the organizers of the game make to shorten the game?
(a) On the 5th day.
(b) On the 1st day.
(c) On the 4th day.
(d) On the 3rd day.

9. How many doctors are brought in to check the sick person at the game?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

10. What play made the Master so furious that he almost forfeited the game right then?
(a) White 101.
(b) Black 131.
(c) White 141.
(d) Black 121.

11. When does Uragami join the Master for a meal as the play stops?
(a) At noon.
(b) At tea time.
(c) At breakfast.
(d) At dinner.

12. What move does the Master consider his fatal mistake in go?
(a) Black 100.
(b) White 130.
(c) Black 129.
(d) White 100.

13. Out of respect for what do the judges not want to make the Master wait?
(a) His name.
(b) His rank.
(c) His age.
(d) His weight.

14. Why is the Master bundled up?
(a) To nurture support.
(b) To show his power.
(c) To fend off chills.
(d) To win a game.

15. What does the Master reply when Uragami asks if he will agree to wait a day?
(a) It is acceptable.
(b) Why?
(c) It is not possible.
(d) Why not?

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings a small crowd of watchers on the train when Uragami plays go?

2. What does the Master call a solid move after the match is over?

3. What had ended with a battle near the middle of the board?

4. What does the Master talk openly to others about?

5. How does the Master insist on playing?

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