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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What session at Ito is left up in the air after a dispute over the schedule?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 4th.
(d) 2nd.

5. Who does not know that Otake continues to threaten to forfeit rather than give in?
(a) Otake.
(b) Ito.
(c) Yasunari.
(d) The Master.

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

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

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

9. Who is difficult at Hakone on hearing about the game recess?
(a) Uragami.
(b) Otake.
(c) Master.
(d) Yasunari.

10. What does the Master regularly check after Otake takes the offensive and the advantage?
(a) His watch.
(b) His winnings.
(c) His losses.
(d) His stomach.

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

12. Why are spectators disappointed in watching the game up to the point where it was recessed?
(a) It is colorful.
(b) It is conservative.
(c) It is loose.
(d) It is dramatic.

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

14. What does the Master publish after the match is over?
(a) An apology.
(b) A love letter.
(c) A commentary.
(d) A note.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uragami's opponent on the train seem to lack?

2. What stage does Uragami consider the game of go?

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

4. What does the Master do before the middle phase of the game that invokes the appreciation of onlookers?

5. Who confides that he thinks he is in a difficult spot because of the worsening condition of the sick patient at the game?

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