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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the final session of the play, what becomes apparent about the Master?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He will not lose.
(d) He will not win.

3. What stage does Uragami consider the game of go?
(a) Middle.
(b) Final.
(c) Transitional.
(d) Beginning.

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

5. After the play of what move does Otake take the offensive and the advantage?
(a) White 139.
(b) White 101.
(c) Black 100.
(d) Black 145.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What brings about palpitations and pain in the chest of one of the people at the game?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Fear mongering.
(c) Eating disorder.
(d) A heart condition.

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

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

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

15. What do the organizers of the game want to see shortened in the game?
(a) The end of the matches.
(b) The beginning of the game.
(c) The period between sessions.
(d) The start of the programs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the old rules of the game of go, prior to the doctor check-up?

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

3. What are the new rules of the game of go, after the doctor check-up?

4. Who is the editor of the literary section of Uragami's newspaper?

5. What does Uragami do when he hears the Master's reply when Uragami asks if he will agree to wait a day?

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