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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 is wrong with Shuri?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He has typhoid fever.
(d) He is going mad.

2. Where does the narrator say Yoshihide is probably joining his daughter?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Hell.

3. What kind of test does Buddha say Kandata failed?
(a) A test of strength.
(b) A test of love.
(c) A test of compassion.
(d) A test of faith.

4. Who is the Lord of Harikawa known to survived a battle with?
(a) Samurai warriors.
(b) Goblins.
(c) Elves.
(d) Dragons.

5. What is the name of the main character in Horse Legs?
(a) Tsuneko.
(b) Mitsubishi.
(c) Hanzaburo.
(d) Tanaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Rashomon?

2. What does the old woman say the dead woman try to sell snake meat as?

3. Where does the servant spend the night?

4. What is seppuku?

5. What is the name of the garden Buddha is strolling through?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Shuri, Usaemon and other members of the Itakura family punished?

2. How did Xiao-er get his head chopped off?

3. How does the Lord agree to help Yoshihide?

4. How do people react to the word about the dragon?

5. How does Yoshihide show his over-protective attitude towards his daughter in this story?

6. Describe the character of O-Kimi.

7. Why does O-Gin decide to renounce her faith?

8. How does the Lord kill Yoshihide's daughter?

9. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

10. What problems is the servant having in his life in Rashomon?

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