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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Akutagawa think is imminent?
(a) War.
(b) His death.
(c) An illness.
(d) Unemployment.

2. What happened on April the fifth?
(a) The narrators arrived home.
(b) Hatsuko died.
(c) The narrator was adopted.
(d) The narrator's mother died.

3. What does Yasukichi translate?
(a) German texts.
(b) English texts.
(c) Russian texts.
(d) Spanish texts.

4. Who did Akutagawa give the textual fragments to?
(a) Kume Masao.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Akira Kia.
(d) Harold Bishop.

5. Where does the narrator go at the end of the story?
(a) A gentleman's club.
(b) The cemetary.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The hospital.

6. What painter does Akutagawa talk about?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Munch.

7. What does Shinsuke say his parents fake?
(a) A low stature.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) A better upbringing.

8. What does a traditional Buddhist funeral begin with?
(a) Crying.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Mediatating.
(d) Chanting.

9. What kind of beauty does Honjo appreciate?
(a) Natural beauty.
(b) Industrial beauty.
(c) Human beauty.
(d) Animalistic beauty.

10. What does the author use to help him sleep?
(a) Sleeping pills.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Narcotics.
(d) Milk and honey.

11. What does Shinsuke see floating in the river?
(a) A dead animal.
(b) A dead person.
(c) A pair of boots.
(d) A samarai shield.

12. What does the young naval officer give Yasukichi to help him write the eulogy?
(a) Honda's biography.
(b) Letters from Honda's friends.
(c) A photo album.
(d) A naval schedule.

13. What does Hatsuku mean?
(a) First daughter.
(b) Special one.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Free as a bird.

14. What kind of milk was Shinsuke raised on?
(a) Cow's milk.
(b) Cat's milk.
(c) Wolf's milk.
(d) Goat's milk.

15. Who does the author say he sees slaying a dragon?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Sir Lancelot.
(c) The Monkey King.
(d) St. George.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?

2. What become Shinsuke's primary pastime?

3. What is Yasukichi's job?

4. What kind style story is Spinning Gears?

5. What is Shinsuke's primary factor in determining whether someone is his friend?

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