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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the organizers of the game eager to get finished?

2. Who is finishing up as a new game is proposed by the sick person, after the middle phase of the game?

3. During what period before the next session, does the Master divert himself with other games?

4. Who is difficult at Hakone on hearing about the game recess?

5. Who gets more frustrated as the sick person gets sicker after the middle phase of the game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the judge not able to find Black 121, initially?

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

5. Why does Uragami think Otake takes so long to play his move?

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

7. Why is play in August delayed, initially?

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

9. Why does the Master's wife want to hide details about his health?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kawabata espouses a radical approach to game and thus related employment that would alter the structure of society. He describes the game player in The Master of Go as a proletariat like Marxian philosophy who is rebelling against the government in some ways. Describe the worker in The Master of Go. Do you think this is realistic and characteristic of today? Do you think the issues that Kawabata discusses are still relevant today and if so, in what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in The Game of Go. Which of the individuals were lonely? Were they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

The Master of Go is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery to establish connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic. Kawabata uses these imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this novel.

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