Kokoro Quizzes

Kokoro Quiz

1 Where does the narrator meet Sensei?
At Zoshigaya cemetery.

At the beach.

At Okusan's house.

At his university.
2 What makes the narrator notice Sensei?
Sensei looks sad.

Sensei looks intelligent.

Sensei is standing with a Westerner.

Sensei has a beautiful wife.
3 Why did the narrator's friend leave him in the beginning of the story?
His friend's mother was sick.

His friend did not like the beach.

His friend was in love.

His friend had to study.
4 How did Sensei become engaged to Ojousan?
He asked Okusan for her hand.

He wrote a letter to Ojousan.

He asked Ojousan.

He wrote a letter to Okusan.
5 When the narrator goes back home after graduation, why does he send Sensei a letter?
To ask about Sensei's life.

To thank him.

As a routine letter.

To ask for a job.
6 Why does Sensei's uncle become antagonistic towards?
Sensei was in love with Ojousan.

Sensei failed in his studies.

Sensei lied about what he was studying.

Sensei refused to marry his uncle's daughter.
7 Why does Sensei go to board with Okusan and Ojousan?
He got into a fight with his roommates.

He wants to find a place to stay with K.

He is in love with Ojousan.

He has money from his inheritance.
8 What does Sensei first notice in his room in Okusan's house?
A koto and a chessboard.

A koto and a flower vase.

A shamisen and a chessboard.

A flower vase and a shamisen.
9 What was Okusan's deceased husband?
A soldier.

A musician.

A businessman.

A fish merchant.
10 What was K.'s father?
A priest.

A musician.

A soldier.

A businessman.
11 What religion probably had the greatest influence on K.?
Shinto.

Islam.

Christianity.

Buddhism.
12 Why was K. forced to leave his foster family?
He deceived them about where he was staying.

He was friends with Sensei.

He deceived them as to what he was studying.

He fell in love with Ojousan.
13 What happened to K. after he was forced out of his foster family?
He killed himself.

He left school.

He had to work to pay for himself.

He moved directly in with Sensei.
14 How did K. kill himself?
He took poison.

He cut his carotid artery.

He slit his wrists.

He hanged himself.
15 What did Sensei find amazing about the scene of K.'s suicide?
K.'s peaceful expression.

K.'s contorted body.

The darkness of the room.

The spurt of blood on the wall.
16 Who is blamed for K.'s suicide?
No one.

Ojousan.

Okusan.

Sensei.
17 Which term was used to describe General Nogi's suicide?
Budo.

Harakiri.

Sepukku.

Junshi.
18 Who suggests junshi to Sensei?
He thinks of it himself.

His wife.

The newspaper.

The narrator.
19 At the end of the story, which Japanese emperor dies?
Heisei.

Showa.

Meiji.

Taisho.
20 When does Sensei feel as he did when K. confessed his love for Ojousan to him?
When he discovers K.'s suicide.

When he learns that Okusan has told K. of the marriage.

When he berates K.

When he asks Okusan for Ojousan's hand.
21 What is Sensei's criticism against K.?
He is not human enough.

He is too traditional.

He is too given to his passions.

He is too religious.
22 Why didn't Sensei kill himself earlier?
Out of consideration for his wife.

Love of life.

Boredom.

Fear of death.
23 What does Ojousan do?
She works at a nearby restaurant.

She studies at Sensei's and K.'s university.

She does not go to school.

She studies at a school and learns koto and flower arranging.
24 Why does the narrator suddenly leave for Tokyo at the end of the story?
To stop Sensei from committing suicide.

To flee his dying father.

To visit K.

To see Sensei about a job.
25 When does the narrator's father's sickness first take a turn for the worse while the narrator is at home?
Upon hearing of Emperor Meiji's sickness.

Upon hearing of Emperor Meiji's death.

Upon hearing of Sensei's death.

Upon hearing of General Nogi's death.

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