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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Otake ask to be excused repeatedly from the game?
(a) To fight.
(b) To cry.
(c) To go to the bathroom.
(d) To rest.

2. Who has died at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Atasay.
(b) Udake.
(c) Uragami.
(d) Shusai.

3. Who plays immediately after the break, indicating that he came up with the response during the break?
(a) Master.
(b) Uragami.
(c) Hakone.
(d) Otake.

4. What is the Koyokan?
(a) A book.
(b) A sword.
(c) A clubhouse.
(d) A tea ceremony.

5. In what world does the Master play a pivotal part?
(a) That of tea.
(b) That of death.
(c) That of go.
(d) That of samurais.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Master able to do when he is playing a game?

2. What does Uragami write about in an article about the game that is unusual?

3. In what articles is Otake teased about taking frequent breaks?

4. After the death of the Master, what does Uragami offer to take?

5. According to the agreement governing the match, where would the players move to an inn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some concessions made for the game that seem very difficult to follow?

2. How does Uragami describe himself?

3. After the judges and reporters and Otake leave the inn, what does Uragami reflect upon?

4. How does the Master fail to keep rules when it rains?

5. How does the Master seem to have trouble understanding the new rules?

6. On the first day of play, what does Otake apologize for and why does he do this?

7. How are the two players described in the beginning of the book?

8. How does Uragami explain why the Master fails to thank people on his own?

9. How is the Master described before his death?

10. What is the ceremonial opening for the go game like?

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