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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 erupts before the dragon rises from the pond?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) A volcano.
(c) The sun.
(d) An avalanche.

2. What does Shuri order his men to do to Rin'emon?
(a) Knight him.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Strangle him.
(d) Banish him.

3. Who raids the farmer's house?
(a) Samarais.
(b) Government officials.
(c) Vigilantes.
(d) The police.

4. What is the first thing the treatment says once must do to the nose?
(a) Boil it.
(b) Throw it against a wall.
(c) Stamp on it.
(d) Pluck out its fat.

5. What was Kandata's one act of goodness?
(a) He saved a drowning dog.
(b) He refrained from stamping on a spider.
(c) He resuscitated an old man.
(d) He took in an orphan child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zenchi's chief characteristic?

2. Who do the villagers claim Shino is having an affair with?

3. What does Kanazawa use to kill himself?

4. What kind of test does Buddha say Kandata failed?

5. What does the old woman pluck hairs from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator believe the Lord chose to kill Yoshihide's daughter?

3. How does O-Gin become a Christian?

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

5. What emotion does Xiao-er feel as he rides away dying?

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

7. How does the author describe Tanaka?

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

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

10. Describe the character of O-Kimi.

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