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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, My Parents and I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that his inn was in a rather out-of-the-way district of the beach town and if one wanted to play billiards or eat ice cream, a rickshaw would cost how much?
(a) 40 sen.
(b) 20 sen.
(c) 35 sen.
(d) 35 sen.

2. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?
(a) “Thinking for yourself.”
(b) “Empty rationalization.”
(c) “Making friends.”
(d) “Taking direction.”

3. What is the name of the childhood friend of the narrator’s father that comes to see him on his death bed in the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) K.
(b) Saku-san.
(c) Okusan.
(d) Omitsu.

4. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) An Easterner.
(b) A Westerner.
(c) A Northerner.
(d) A Southerner.

5. When was Natsume Soseki sent to England as a government scholar?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sensei tells the narrator that his Western friend is something of what in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?

3. What word from Part I: Sensei and I, mean the absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement?

4. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?

5. The narrator’s father says in Part II, My Parents and I that the younger generation only knows how to do what?

(see the answer key)

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