Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Sensei’s wife?
(a) Ojosan.
(b) Shizu.
(c) Seki.
(d) Okusan.
2. 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?
(a) “Awfully morose.”
(b) “Excellently moved.”
(c) “Obstinately vengeful.”
(d) “Cruelly vindictive.”
3. What word used by Sensei in Part I: Sensei and I, means a freeing from false belief?
(a) Coquetry.
(b) Loquacity.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Disillusionment.
4. The narrator says that he learned to be an accomplished whistle-blower from a friend where in Part I: Sensei and I?
(a) Zoshigaya.
(b) Yedo.
(c) Nikko.
(d) Kagoshima.
5. 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 cedar tree.
(b) A maple tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) A gingko tree.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the narrator during the summer holidays when he first meets Sensei?
2. Sensei tells the narrator in Part I: Sensei and I, that “when a man dies suddenly” what “causes more trouble than anything else”?
3. How often does Sensei go to the cemetery to visit his friend’s grave?
4. NatsumeSoseki wrote Kokoro how many years after the death of Emperor Meiji?
5. What word from Part I: Sensei and I, mean the absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sensei say of “unnatural death” in Part I, Sensei and I?
2. Describe Sensei’s demeanor toward Soseki upon their meeting. Does Sensei welcome Soseki’s company?
3. What makes Sensei stand out to the narrator when he first sees him? Why does he seek Sensei’s company?
4. Soseki has said that he is often disappointed by Sensei’s responses. How is this illustrated after Soseki visits Sensei after completing his term paper in Part I, Sensei and I?
5. How does the narrator perceive Sensei’s relationship with his wife in Part I, Sensei and I?
6. What does the novel’s translator write about the language in Kokoroin the Forward?
7. Why does the narrator return home in Part I, Sensei and I? How does he depict his first days there?
8. What occurrence leads up to Soseki and Sensei’s discussion of guilt in love in Part I, Sensei and I?
9. Where does the narrator first see Sensei? How does he go about approaching him?
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?
|
This section contains 870 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
