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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 Taro doing when Jiro talks with him?
(a) Stealing some grapes.
(b) Planting corn.
(c) Writing out a bill of sale.
(d) Looking after his parents' house.

2. What does Kinshi admire?
(a) His father's performance.
(b) Jiro leaving home voluntarily.
(c) Jiro's dexterity.
(d) One young girl in the audience.

3. What does Jiro think Yoshida does beautifully at the performance?
(a) The suicide scene.
(b) The interview with the Emperor.
(c) The sword fight.
(d) Moves the female puppet's fingers.

4. How does Jiro's family make money?
(a) Making calligraphy invitations.
(b) Spinning wool.
(c) Selling eggs.
(d) Selling puppets.

5. What is offered for Saburo's capture?
(a) Elevation to noble class.
(b) A large monetary reward.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Some land.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Yoshida disciplining one of the boys?

2. What has Jiro learned about his mother?

3. What is Jiro helping his father do?

4. How many ryo are placed as a reward on Saburo's head?

5. Who is Fusamu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jiro make mistakes and how does his mother react?

2. How does Jiro being rude earn him an apprenticeship?

3. Who posts the roles for the new play and what is Jiro's role?

4. What does Jiro admire about one of Yoshida's apprentices?

5. What play does Okada finish and what do the apprentices worry about concerning the new play?

6. What does Jiro discover when he goes to steal the script for the next play?

7. What does Yoshida tell Jiro when Jiro presents himself to the man and how does Kinshi reassure Jiro?

8. What does Jiro hope about his father and what is the outcome?

9. What is the basic plot of the play?

10. What do the authorities and merchant's guild offer?

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