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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Sensei’s Testament (pages 207-248).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of tree in the cemetery does Sensei make a point of walking past every time he visits his friend’s grave, according to the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) A maple tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) A gingko tree.
(d) A cedar tree.

2. In what year did Natsume Soseki join the staff of the Fifth National College in Kumamoto?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1924.

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

4. Sensei writes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Since my past was experienced only by me, I might be excused if I regarded it as” what?
(a) “My property.”
(b) “My being.”
(c) “My foundation.”
(d) “My religion.”

5. When talking with K after leaving the library in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, Sensei compares himself to what crouching before a lamb?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sensei attend college?

2. What word from the novel refers to a Japanese stringed instrument consisting of a rectangular wooden body over which are stretched silk strings?

3. What phrase is K particularly interested in when Sensei finds him living in the temple after their first summer from college?

4. What word does the narrator use in Part II, My Parents and I, meaning an instance of talkativeness or garrulity?

5. Okusan takes Sensei out to dinner at a restaurant on what street in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

(see the answer key)

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