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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Master seem to lack at the final match, according to Uragami?
(a) The intelligence to win.
(b) The skill to win.
(c) The desire to win.
(d) The strength to win.

2. During what period before the next session, does the Master divert himself with other games?
(a) Ending.
(b) Rest.
(c) Start.
(d) Middle.

3. What does Otake do while the Master diverts himself with other games?
(a) Eats.
(b) Answers questions.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Studies moves.

4. What are the old rules of the game of go, prior to the doctor check-up?
(a) Five hours of play every five days.
(b) Three hours of play every three days.
(c) Four hours of play every four days.
(d) Two hours of play every two days.

5. Why are spectators disappointed in watching the game up to the point where it was recessed?
(a) It is conservative.
(b) It is colorful.
(c) It is loose.
(d) It is dramatic.

6. What does the Master's brilliant move do for his chances at winning the game?
(a) Seals his defeat.
(b) Seals his success.
(c) Helps him lose.
(d) Helps him declare neutral.

7. What country elevated go to an art form?
(a) China.
(b) Korea.
(c) America.
(d) Japan.

8. Who is sympathetic to the sick person after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Otake.
(b) Hiroku.
(c) Master.
(d) Uragami.

9. What are the new rules of the game of go, after the doctor check-up?
(a) Three hours of play every five days.
(b) Two hours of play for two days.
(c) Six hours of play every seven days.
(d) Four hours of play every eight days.

10. In what is Wu's opinion of the game between the Master and Otake included?
(a) An article.
(b) A letter.
(c) A book.
(d) A review.

11. By making a move far away from the central battle that required a quick response, how did Otake leave the positions in the important parts of the board?
(a) Unchanged.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Glowing.
(d) Different.

12. Who is the editor of the literary section of Uragami's newspaper?
(a) Master.
(b) Hiroku.
(c) Otake.
(d) Kume.

13. When the Master announces the day of the play, what does Otake request?
(a) A chance to win.
(b) Another phone call.
(c) A day of rest.
(d) A doctor's visit.

14. From what hospital has the Master been released?
(a) St. George.
(b) St. Luke.
(c) St. Mary.
(d) St. John.

15. Who is almost bedridden with weakness after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Master.
(b) Hiroku.
(c) Uragami.
(d) Otake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not know that Otake continues to threaten to forfeit rather than give in?

2. What does the Master do before the middle phase of the game that invokes the appreciation of onlookers?

3. Who confides that he thinks he is in a difficult spot because of the worsening condition of the sick patient at the game?

4. When the game reaches the middle ground, what does each player stake out?

5. Who makes several aggressive plays up through Black 129?

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