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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (through page 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Natsume Soseki born, according to the book’s Forward?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1867.

3. When the narrator enters the cemetery to find Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, he describes a broad avenue bordered on each side by what?
(a) Pine trees.
(b) Maple trees.
(c) Cedar trees.
(d) Palm trees.

4. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
(a) Yanagicho.
(b) Uguisudani.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Kamakura.

5. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei is at a cemetery where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Kagoshima.
(b) Zoshigaya.
(c) Ichigaya.
(d) Tomiura.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?

2. General Nogi and who were the best-known heroes of the Russo-Japanese War?

3. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?

4. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?

5. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?

(see the answer key)

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