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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. What is Otake known for making?
(a) Quick moves.
(b) Impatient moves.
(c) Slow moves.
(d) Well-planned moves.

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

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

4. What brings a small crowd of watchers on the train when Uragami plays go?
(a) The sight of the chess moves.
(b) The sight of the apiary.
(c) The sight of the foreigner.
(d) The sight of the board.

5. When does the Master announce that he will resume playing after visiting the hospital?
(a) 19th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 22nd.
(d) 21st.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Master's moves in the game do for his position?

2. What color is the Master's hair dyed?

3. In the final session of the play, what becomes apparent about the Master?

4. In what is Wu's opinion of the game between the Master and Otake included?

5. What does the Master regularly check after Otake takes the offensive and the advantage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Otake apparently take advantage of the rules of the game of go?

2. How do the Master and Otake spend their time during the rest period?

3. What happens when Uragami goes to the master and asks him to wait for a day?

4. How are the rules changed to adjust to the Master's health?

5. Why is Uragami coming and going in between sessions of the game of go?

6. What does Otake threaten to do that the Master does not know about?

7. Why do the judges and organizers appeal to Otake to play?

8. How is Otake affected by the Master's poor condition of health?

9. What does Uragami take as a sign of the Master's desire to finish the match?

10. What happens during the final session of the match?

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