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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a traditional Buddhist funeral begin with?

2. What part of Tokyo was Shinsuke brought up in?

3. Why do the Chinese men panic?

4. What does the narrator is always looking over his shoulder?

5. What happened on April the fifth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize the Spinning Gears story.

3. What amuses Yasukichi at the end of the story?

4. How does the author end the story?

5. How do the Honda's relative's react to the eulogy?

6. How does Tsuneko react to seeing her husband's horse legs?

7. Why does Oshino need new legs?

8. What does the narrator say he remembers about his mother?

9. How does Akutagawa's wife increase his panic?

10. What is the life of the Stupid Man about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How will O-Kim's life change now she has opened her eyes to real life? In what could be said that she be happier than she was?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the author list Rashomon, In a Bamboo Grive and the Nose under the heading A World Under Decay? Choose one of the stories in this section and examine what it says about the flaws in human nature.

Essay Topic 3

What does the Loyalty story express about the Japanese Feudal system? How does the feudal system affect Shuri's decisions in the story?

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