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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. Where do Otake's students live?
(a) In the dorms.
(b) In the hotels.
(c) In his house.
(d) In the basement.

2. What does the Master appear to have trouble understanding, regarding the game?
(a) Old rules.
(b) New players.
(c) New rules.
(d) Old players.

3. After a delay of how many months does Otake make a suspicious play?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. How many plays can professional players make in the game that the Master has?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. How many times does the Master break the rules on the first day?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Master's opponent leaves, who is the only person with him at the inn?

2. What change in the weather prompts concern for the Master's health?

3. Who greets the Master in his room when he is bent over oddly?

4. What culture does the Master greatly influence?

5. In what event does Uragami find special meaning by looking at pictures of the Master's image?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Otake teased in the newspaper articles about the match?

2. What is the controversy surrounding the match he had with Wu?

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

4. What are the events that happen immediately after the end of the match?

5. Why do Uragami and the Master's wife take the Master to the sea in between sessions?

6. Why does the Master play the white stones versus Otake, who plays with the black stones?

7. How does Kawabata frame the novel through Chapters 2 and 4?

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

9. How does the Master reveal his desire for enough time to not worry about time in games?

10. Why does Uragami feel touched by seeing the Master in the outbuilding?

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