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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the game resume after the recess?
(a) As the Master's sealed play is opened.
(b) As the Master talks to others.
(c) As the Master gives in to his fears.
(d) As the Master joins a cult.

2. Who is the only player that represents the new age of the game of go?
(a) Yasunari.
(b) Otake.
(c) Uragami.
(d) Kawabata.

3. What is Otake known for making?
(a) Quick moves.
(b) Slow moves.
(c) Impatient moves.
(d) Well-planned moves.

4. What part of the sick person's body has a problem, as determined by the specialist sent by the newspaper?
(a) Tube.
(b) Valve.
(c) Lung.
(d) Artery.

5. What brings a small crowd of watchers on the train when Uragami plays go?
(a) The sight of the chess moves.
(b) The sight of the foreigner.
(c) The sight of the apiary.
(d) The sight of the board.

6. What does the Master call a solid move after the match is over?
(a) Black 100.
(b) Black 121.
(c) White 131.
(d) White 100.

7. What does Uragami do when he hears the Master's reply when Uragami asks if he will agree to wait a day?
(a) Screams.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Weeps.
(d) Smiles.

8. What does the Master's opponent want him to do after the doctor check-up?
(a) Forfeit.
(b) Run away.
(c) Start over.
(d) Fight.

9. In what month has the Master been released from hospital?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) January.

10. What does the Master talk openly to others about?
(a) His health.
(b) His fears.
(c) His joy.
(d) His happiness.

11. What are the organizers of the game eager to get finished?
(a) Their dates.
(b) The match.
(c) Their programs.
(d) Their vows.

12. Who is eager to leave the table at the noon break, after the middle phase of the game?
(a) Master.
(b) Hiroku.
(c) Uragami.
(d) Otake.

13. What stage does Uragami consider the game of go?
(a) Transitional.
(b) Final.
(c) Middle.
(d) Beginning.

14. Whose health is deteriorating by August?
(a) Otake.
(b) Hiroku.
(c) Uragami.
(d) Master.

15. What play made the Master so furious that he almost forfeited the game right then?
(a) White 101.
(b) Black 121.
(c) Black 131.
(d) White 141.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Master's brilliant move do for his chances at winning the game?

2. What brings about palpitations and pain in the chest of one of the people at the game?

3. What does Otake do while the Master diverts himself with other games?

4. What does Uragami discuss as he pleads with Otake to reconsider forfeiting the game?

5. Who lodges a complaint against the new rules of the game of go, after the doctor check-up?

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