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?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

2. The narrator’s vacationing student friend is called home after they have been at the beach town for how long in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 6 days.

3. What word used by Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, means a freeing from false belief?
(a) Loquacity.
(b) Coquetry.
(c) Disillusionment.
(d) Apathy.

4. What does Sensei’s wife send home with the narrator after he stays with her to watch for burglars in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Fish cakes.
(b) Coffee cakes.
(c) Goji cakes.
(d) Tea cakes.

5. The narrator says in Part I: Sensei and I, that he might have never noticed Sensei had he not been accompanied by what?
(a) A Southerner.
(b) A Westerner.
(c) A Northerner.
(d) An Easterner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What garment of the narrator’s does Sensei’s wife say is hand-woven and that she’s never worked on such beautiful material before in Part I: Sensei and I?

2. Where was Natsume Soseki educated, according to the book’s Forward?

3. What Japanese province is Sensei from?

4. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “The friendship that you sought in me is in reality a preparation for” what?

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

(see the answer key)

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