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

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

3. What does Uragami's opponent seem willing to do in every game of go that he plays on the train?
(a) Lose.
(b) Swear.
(c) Fight.
(d) Cry.

4. Who is difficult at Hakone on hearing about the game recess?
(a) Uragami.
(b) Yasunari.
(c) Otake.
(d) Master.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had ended with a battle near the middle of the board?

2. If Otake forfeits, who will receive the sympathy of viewers of the game?

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

4. What country elevated go to an art form?

5. What does Otake play in the next session after a break?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the game enters the middle phase?

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

3. How does Otake compromise with the organizers who want to finish the match soon?

4. What does Otake consider a brilliant move by the Master?

5. As an amateur, what does Uragami fail to see about the Master's brilliant move?

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

7. How does the Master respond to Otake's move as Chapter 21 begins?

8. When is the Master allowed to play again, in Chapter 25?

9. Why is the second session at Ito left up in the air?

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

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