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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. Sensei asks himself in Part III, Sensei’s Testament, “Can one expect the complicated mechanism of the human mind to betray its purposes so obviously, as though it were some kind of” what?
(a) Snake.
(b) Clock.
(c) Rickshaw.
(d) Mirror.

2. What is the name of the childhood friend of the narrator’s father that comes to see him on his death bed in the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan?
(a) Saku-san.
(b) Omitsu.
(c) Okusan.
(d) K.

3. When does the narrator say he had come home in Part II, My Parents and I?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) December.

4. When Sensei returns from summer vacation after his first year in college, he finds K living in a dirty temple by what?
(a) The military fort.
(b) The central Tokyo cemetery.
(c) The Great Kannon.
(d) The Emperor’s castle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Past what temple does Sensei walk after crossing the Mansei Bridge in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

2. What refers to a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor?

3. What religious book does Sensei find in K’s room at the temple after he returns from his first summer vacation at college?

4. Where did Sensei attend college?

5. How does the narrator’s father always refer to Emperor Meiji when discussing news of him in the papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sensei’s past, revealed in his final letter, explain his demeanor in the earlier parts of the novel?

2. What are the conflicting objectives presented to Soseki by his mother in Part II, My Parents and I?

3. What happens with K’s family during their third summer holiday from school in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

4. How does Sensei know K? How does K defy his parents’ wishes in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

5. How does Sensei go about getting approval to marry Ojosan? What is the result?

6. Why does Soseki’s mother urge Soseki to write to Sensei in Part II, My Parents and I?

7. How does Soseki’s father’s health correspond to the newspapers in Part II, My Parents and I?

8. What does K relate to Sensei of his family dispute and his situation after their third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

9. How does K’s family dispute conclude in Part III, Sensei’s Testament? How does K feel about the situation?

10. What does Sensei make of the difference he finds in his adoptive family when he returns for his third summer holiday in Part III, Sensei’s Testament?

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