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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. What Buddhist inscription does the narrator describe on one of the tombstones in the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) “All living things bear within themselves the essence of Buddha.”
(b) “Buddha is the light.”
(c) “Derive your strength from Buddha.”
(d) “Buddha be with you.”

2. Why is the narrator’s vacationing student friend called home in the beginning of Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) His brother is getting married.
(b) His parents need help with home repairs.
(c) His sister is having a baby.
(d) His mother is ill.

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

4. During what years did the Meiji era last, according to the author in the Forward?
(a) 1831-1889.
(b) 1784-1847.
(c) 1891-1940.
(d) 1868-1912.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator travel to the cemetery to meet with Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. 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?

3. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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