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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yasuckichi have to write for Lieutenant Honda?
(a) A poem.
(b) An eulogy.
(c) A report.
(d) A biography.

2. How is the narrator informed of his mother's death?
(a) By letter.
(b) By his father.
(c) By telegram.
(d) By a messenger boy.

3. What does the narrator's father try to bribe the narrator with?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Money.
(d) Women.

4. What is Shinsuke very poor at when he is young?
(a) Concentrating.
(b) Singing.
(c) Socializing.
(d) Schooling.

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

6. In what mood does the author's wife arrive home in?
(a) Relaxed.
(b) Panic.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Terror.

7. What has the narrator been hired to write?
(a) A short story.
(b) An article.
(c) A haiku.
(d) A novel.

8. What is the title of the final story?
(a) Give Me your Hat.
(b) The Question of Art.
(c) Is it Worth it?
(d) The Life of a Stupid Man.

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

10. What part of Tokyo was Shinsuke brought up in?
(a) Tama.
(b) Fuchu.
(c) Fussa.
(d) Honjo.

11. What is Fujita's rank in the army?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutanent.
(c) Corporal.
(d) General.

12. What was Akutagawa's brother-in-law wearing when he died?
(a) A stetson.
(b) A rain coat.
(c) A robe.
(d) A pair of jeans.

13. What does the author say he wants someone to do to him?
(a) Strangle the life from him.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Hold him.
(d) Tell him nice things.

14. Why does the author say he has to stop the story?
(a) His wife is calling him.
(b) He has to sleep.
(c) His ink is running out.
(d) He is full of despair.

15. What kind of milk was the founder of Rome raised on?
(a) Goat's milk.
(b) Cat's milk.
(c) Wolf's milk.
(d) Cow's milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the baby taken to the hospital in?

2. How did Akutagawa's brother-in-law kill himself?

3. What does the young naval officer give Yasukichi to help him write the eulogy?

4. Who congratulates Yasukichi for his eulogy?

5. What can't the narrator concentrate on writing his article?

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