1. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “[I]f you ever allow yourself to feel betrayed, you will then find yourself being” what?
(a) “Obstinately vengeful.”
(b) “Excellently moved.”
(c) “Awfully morose.”
(d) “Cruelly vindictive.”

2. How does the narrator describe Sensei’s wife when he first sees her in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Caustic.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Elderly.

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

4. Where is the narrator’s fellow vacationing student friend at the beach from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The Eastern Provinces.
(b) The Western Provinces.
(c) The Central Provinces.
(d) The Northern Provinces.

5. When the narrator first sees Sensei at a teahouse by the beach, he says that two days previously he had gone where?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Yuigahama.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Kagoshima.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the narrator makes an amused comment about a loving couple in the garden during flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I, what does Sensei ask him?

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

3. Where do the narrator and Sensei go during the flower-viewing season in Part I: Sensei and I?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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