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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month has the Master been released from hospital?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) January.
(d) November.

2. What color is the Master's hair dyed?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. Who has an insatiable appetite for the game even when away from the go table?
(a) The secretary.
(b) The Master.
(c) The game warden.
(d) The priest.

4. Who lodges a complaint against the new rules of the game of go, after the doctor check-up?
(a) Otake.
(b) Uragami.
(c) Master.
(d) Hiroku.

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

6. What does Otake damage if he forfeits the game?
(a) The chess pieces.
(b) His strength.
(c) His reputation.
(d) The table.

7. What is the last play of the game up to the point where it was recessed?
(a) Green 100.
(b) Black 100.
(c) Blue 100.
(d) White 100.

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

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

10. 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) Yasunari.
(b) Uragami.
(c) Ito.
(d) Kawabata.

11. 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 player.
(c) The editor.
(d) The doctor.

12. Who is sympathetic to the sick person after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Uragami.
(b) Master.
(c) Hiroku.
(d) Otake.

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

14. In what is Wu's opinion of the game between the Master and Otake included?
(a) A letter.
(b) A book.
(c) A review.
(d) An article.

15. What does Otake play in the next session after a break?
(a) Black 100.
(b) White 121.
(c) Black 121.
(d) White 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Master announces the day of the play, what does Otake request?

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

3. Who is eager to leave the table at the noon break, after the middle phase of the game?

4. What do the organizers of the game want to see shortened in the game?

5. Who is difficult at Hakone on hearing about the game recess?

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