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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to shave the Master?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A guide.
(c) A barber.
(d) A teacher.

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

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

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

5. What does Otake seem willing to do if the Master will wait one more day to play the game after the recess?
(a) Not forfeit.
(b) Forfeit.
(c) Begin.
(d) Forgive.

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

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

8. What do the Master's moves in the game do for his position?
(a) Strengthen it.
(b) Neutralize it.
(c) Raise it.
(d) Weaken it.

9. Who wonders if perhaps it is not just the heat of the moment that makes the Master accuse Otake of a kind of cheating?
(a) Uragami.
(b) Yasunari.
(c) Ito.
(d) Kawabata.

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

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

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

13. What does Uragami's opponent on the train seem to lack?
(a) The talent.
(b) The training.
(c) The spirit.
(d) The skills.

14. 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 player.
(c) The writer.
(d) The doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made aggressive moves in the game up to the point where it was recessed?

2. Who influences the decisions of the Master's opponent?

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

4. Who would rather not play after the middle phase of the game?

5. During what period before the next session, does the Master divert himself with other games?

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