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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 Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1924.

2. When the narrator returns to Tokyo after meeting Sensei at the beach in Part I: Sensei and I, he has how long before the beginning of lectures at the college?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 10 days.

3. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

5. The narrator states in Part I, “Sensei and I,”He refers to Sensei by that name not because he is trying to be discreet, but because it is more what to him?
(a) Natural.
(b) Indolent.
(c) Sincere.
(d) Obscure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Sensei asks the narrator while walking through the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I, “You have never thought seriously of the reality of” what?

3. 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?

4. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?

5. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?

(see the answer key)

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