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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Sensei’s wife mention as a possible cause of the change in Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) The views of the new emperor.
(b) The death of a friend of his.
(c) A disagreement with the neighbor.
(d) His new diet.
2. The narrator states of his feelings on women in Part I: Sensei and I, “Often, when I found myself face to face with a woman, my longing would suddenly disappear. Instead of being drawn to the woman, I would feel a kind of” what?
(a) “Guilt.”
(b) “Repulsion.”
(c) “Questioning.”
(d) “Arrogance.”
3. Sensei’s wife tells the narrator that Sensei left how long ago to go to the cemetery in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 45 mintues.
(d) 10 minutes.
4. What kind of illness has the narrator’s father suffered from for some time in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Kidney disease.
5. Where do Sensei and his wife take a holiday and send a letter with a maple leaf enclosed to the narrator from in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Ichigaya.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Niigata.
(d) Tottori.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?
2. Where does the narrator’s elder brother work?
3. What was Tokyo once known as?
4. 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?
5. When does the narrator tell Sensei he will be returning to Tokyo while he is home for his father’s illness in Part I: Sensei and I?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Soseki want to know about Sensei’s past? What conversation takes place regarding trust at the tree nursery in Part I, Sensei and I?
2. What occurrence leads up to Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of guilt in love in Part I, Sensei and I?
3. What does Sensei’s wife reveal about her feelings for her husband while she and Soseki are in the house watching for burglars in Part I, Sensei and I?
4. What does the novel’s translator write about the language in Kokoroin the Forward?
5. Describe Sensei’s demeanor toward Soseki upon their meeting. Does Sensei welcome Soseki’s company?
6. What does Sensei ask Soseki on their walk in the tree nursery after Soseki has completed his thesis in Part I, Sensei and I?
7. Why does the narrator return home in Part I, Sensei and I? How does he depict his first days there?
8. What does the narrator tell Sensei of his father’s health when he returns to Tokyo in Part I, Sensei and I? How does Sensei respond?
9. What makes Sensei stand out to the narrator when he first sees him? Why does he seek Sensei’s company?
10. What leads to Soseki’s return to Tokyo after staying with his parents in Part I, Sensei and I? What does Sensei tell him when he first visits after his return?
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