Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who does the author believe is chasing him?

2. What does Shinsuke say his parents fake?

3. What does Yasukichi fill the eulogy with?

4. What is Yasukichi's job?

5. What does the critic call Yasukichi's writings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shinsuke deal with what he calls his fake parents?

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

3. Why does Yasukichi write cliches and sentimental clap-trap in the eulogy?

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

5. What happens to the baby?

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

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

8. Why does Oshino need new legs?

9. What are Shinsuke's views on beauty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does E'in falsely prophesize that a dragon will rise from the pond? What meaning does it give the story that his prophecy comes true? What would have happened if his lie was found out?

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 are the differences between a novel and a short story in terms of the following?

1. Language.

2. Character.

3. Structure.

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