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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 Matsuda say the smell of burning means now that the war is over?
(a) Someone is barbecuing.
(b) A house is burning.
(c) Bombs are falling.
(d) A neighbor is clearing his garden.

2. Why does Matsuda think the two men should not blame themselves for their earlier actions?
(a) They acted on their beliefs and did their utmost.
(b) They were too young to understand forces around them.
(c) Their actions had produced good results.
(d) They were fooled by charlatans.

3. How does Ono find his old friend upon his second visit?
(a) He is much weaker.
(b) He is much the same.
(c) He is much stronger.
(d) He is asleep for most of the visit.

4. Who dies in June, 1950?
(a) Shintaro.
(b) Kuroda.
(c) Ono.
(d) Matsuda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ono believe should give Matsuda and him satisfaction as they review their lives?

2. What brought about the chances in Moriyama's standing?

3. What qualities does Ono claim he shared with Matsuda when they were younger?

4. What causes Ono's great sense of triumph?

5. How does Matsuda describe the contribution he and Ono made?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ono answer Ichiro's question about why men drink sake?

2. Why did Moriyama's students never comment directly to him about his paintings?

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

4. Why does Ono admire Sugimura's work on Kawabe Park, even though Sugimura failed to accomplish his goals?

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

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

7. The reader learns some news about Noriko at the same time Matsuda does. What is the news?

8. What does Matsuda say about his own perspective now that he is old and ill?

9. How does Ono believe a teacher should regard his students diverging from his teachings?

10. Why does Ono approve of his teacher's distancing himself from his students' discussions?

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