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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 does the author hear a man mention that something is?
(a) Tantalizing.
(b) Dedaulus.
(c) Tantalus.
(d) Superb.

2. Who visits Tsuneko at the end of the story?
(a) Henry Barrett.
(b) Hanzaburo.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) The two Chinese men.

3. What does the initially doctor say is wrong with the narrator's baby?
(a) It has consumption.
(b) It has an upset stomach.
(c) It a bad tooth.
(d) It has the flu.

4. What did Honda die from?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A war wound.

5. What does Yasukichi feel when he realizes people like his eulogy?
(a) Pride.
(b) Shame.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the two Chinese Hanzaburo if he is?

2. What does Shinsuke say his parents fake?

3. What painter does Akutagawa talk about?

4. What does Yasukichi enjoy writing?

5. What kind of milk was the founder of Rome raised on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shinsuke struggle to make friends?

2. Why does the narrator say he feels guilty?

3. Why is it so difficult for Oshino to hide his legs?

4. What is Shinsuke's opinion on books?

5. What does the author's sister tell him about the death of her husband?

6. Describe the image at the river Shinsuke says affects him deeply.

7. What does the narrator remember about his eldest sister?

8. What are the author's feeling about religion during this time?

9. What does the narrator remember about his father?

10. Why does the storyteller think Oshino is so ordinary?

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