AKUTAGAWA’S TRUTH_ENABLING ASSESSMENT

1. What is the name of the literary magazine which Akutagawa founded with his colleagues?
Shin Shincho

2. Tajomaru, Masago, and Takehiko said that the small sword took the life of the samurai.
False

3. In 1913, Akutagawa attended which university?

Tokyo Imperial University

4. Few days after Ryunosuke Akutagawa was born, his mother had gone insane, and his father
gave him to his uncle. Who is Akutagawa's uncle?
Akutagawa Dosho

5. While attending university, Akutagawa, together with his colleagues founded a literary
magazine in which he first published one of his famous short stories. What is the title of this
story?
Rashomon

6. Following the relativity of truth, we can therefore say that no one tells a lie.
True

7. On their statements describing the bandit's description, both the Policeman and the
Woodcutter said that he was wearing a blue silk kimono.
False

8. It was explicitly indicated in the story that seven people were questioned by a Police
Commissioner.
 False

9. Among the people who gave their statements, everybody gave contradicting accounts
except for the Buddhist Priest and the Woodcutter.
False

10. It is said that in his entire career, Akutagawa had written 150 short stories, and two of these
were made into a film by known director, Akira Kurosawa. What is the title of the story on
which the story line of the film was based.
Yabunonaka

11. One way of interpreting In A Grove is that it only shows the very human nature of defending
oneself against possible harm or prejudice.
True

12. According to the Old Woman, her son-in-law, Tajomaru, was not from Kyoto.
False

13. Following the relativity of truth, we can say that all the characters were actually telling the
truth except for Masago.
False

14. Post modern truth is subjective and relative.

True

15. The concept of self-preservation suggests that all the characters' statements were lies.
True