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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 visiting Gisaburo say about nights in the floating world?
(a) The best things are put together at night and vanish in the morning.
(b) All artists seek the light of day.
(c) The worst things happen in the darkness.
(d) Only drunkards find value in that which fades in the morning.

2. Why is Ono surprised at Setsuko's view of Noriko's marriage negotiation?
(a) Because he had salvaged the negotiations.
(b) Because she had made a similar confession.
(c) Because his declaration had a good result.
(d) Because she had been the one who suggested that he take steps to clarify his position.

3. Where does Ono believe his own mannerisms come from?
(a) His old friend Matsuda.
(b) His admiration of Sugimura.
(c) His friend, Shintaro.
(d) His former teacher, Moriyama.

4. What honor had Ono received in 1938?
(a) The Shigeta Foundation Award.
(b) A statue in his honor in the city park.
(c) The Nobel Prize.
(d) A commission from the emperor.

5. Why does Ono believe that the Tortoise or Shintaro will never feel the sort of happiness he felt sitting on the hillside?
(a) They were not skilled enough craftsmen.
(b) They did not have the talent.
(c) They were prone to complain.
(d) They did not risk everything in an attempt to be extraordinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono mean when he talks of the art students "slanging" one another?

2. Who does Matsuda claim has been blamed for Japan's downfall?

3. What traits does Ono observe that Ichiro has inherited from his mother?

4. How does Moriyama respond to his students' comments about his painting?

5. What does Moriyama wish to accomplish with his students?

Short Essay Questions

1. What European influences distinguished Moriyama's work from Utamaro's?

2. Why does the smell of burning still make Ono uneasy while he is relaxing in Matsuda's garden?

3. What do we learn about Setsuko from Ono's conversation with Matsuda?

4. After re-establishing contact with Matsuda during Noriko's marriage negotiations, what contact have Ono and Matsuda had before Matsuda dies?

5. How does Ono explain Naguchi's suicide to Ichiro?

6. What does Ono say the New Japan proved about him and about Matsuda?

7. Ono recalls the influence of Moriyama on his own behavior. What does he say he adopted from his teacher?

8. What effect did Moriyama try to create in his paintings?

9. What has changed since 1948 in regards to Ono's painting?

10. What stylistic devices does Moriyama copy from the classic artist, Utamaro?

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