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

2. What is seppuku?
(a) A religious ceremony.
(b) An initiation test.
(c) Ritual suicide.
(d) A royal family.

3. What does the old woman say she is gathering hair to make?
(a) A coat.
(b) A wig.
(c) A sweater.
(d) Boots.

4. What are Christians sentenced to in O-Gin?
(a) A work camp.
(b) Hot coals.
(c) Buried alive.
(d) Burn at the stake.

5. What does Shuri do to himself to atone for the murder he commits?
(a) Cuts off his thumbs.
(b) Rips of his finger nails.
(c) Pulls out his hair.
(d) Blinds himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shuri use to murder Munernori?

2. What did the woodcutter discover in the bamboo grove?

3. What member of E'in visits him in this story?

4. What is the the name of the woman character in Dr. Ogata Ryosai?

5. Which two countries are fighting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Buddha decide to give Kandata a chance to redeem himself?

5. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Shino's daughter?

6. Describe the character of Naigu Zenchi.

7. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

8. Why do the green onions affect O-Kimi so much?

9. How does Tajomaru lure the couple into the bamboo grove?

10. What rumors does the narrator say surround the Lord of Harikawa?

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