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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sensei and I (pages 42-80).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator goes to stay with Sensei’s wife due to a slew of burglaries while Sensei is gone where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) A graduation.

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

4. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) His new diet.
(b) The views of the new emperor.
(c) The death of a friend of his.
(d) A disagreement with the neighbor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does “Sensei” mean in general Japanese usage?

3. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?

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

5. Sensei repeatedly tells the narrator that there is what in loving in Part I: Sensei and I?

(see the answer key)

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