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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 164-207).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Goji cakes.
(c) Tea cakes.
(d) Coffee cakes.

2. How many days before the narrator leaves for Tokyo does his father have a fainting spell in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. How old was General Nogi when he died?
(a) 79.
(b) 44.
(c) 37.
(d) 62.

4. What is the name of the widow and Sensei’s landlord in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?
(a) Ojosan.
(b) Seki.
(c) Shizu.
(d) Okusan.

5. K was adopted into the home of what?
(a) A samurai.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A priest.
(d) A general.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sensei speaking of when he says they “are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things” in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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

3. What “delicacy” does the narrator’s father enjoy having his wife prepare for him while he is bed-ridden in Part II, My Parents and I?

4. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, “I see that higher education has made you adept at” what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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