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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. Where do Sensei and the narrator walk toward after leaving the gardens during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Uguisudani.
(b) Ichigaya.
(c) Masagocho.
(d) Komagome.

2. In what year did NatsumeSoseki succeed Lafcadio Hearn as lecturer in English literature at the Imperial University?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1913.

3. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) By carraige.
(b) By rickshaw.
(c) By foot.
(d) By train.

4. What word from Part I: Sensei and I, mean the absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement?
(a) Dogmatic.
(b) Coquetry.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Loquacity.

5. The narrator says of Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, “Before he could destroy his wife’s happiness, he” did what?
(a) “Entered the priesthood.”
(b) “Married another.”
(c) “Moved away.”
(d) “Destroyed himself.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator first goes to see Sensei in Tokyo, it is how long since lectures have started at the university in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. What word from the narrative in Part I: Sensei and I, means requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking?

3. By what name does the narrator’s father refer to his wife in Part II, My Parents and I?

4. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?

5. Sensei tells the narrator that there is no such thing as what in this world in Part I: Sensei and I?

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