Question 1
Kenzaburo Oe
a. is Japan's greatest living poet.
b. painted the famous portrait of General MacArthur in eight minutes on a sidewalk.
c. received a Nobel Prize for literature.
d. believes rising materialism in present-day Japan represents progress.
e. is the originator of the industrial novel.
Question 2
Japanese rap music is
a. identical, in lyrics and ambience, to that in the United States.
b. not as associated with sex, violence, and drugs, as in the United States.
c. indigenous, and has no links with that found in Western culture.
d. mainly concerned with religious themes.
e. appeals mainly to older and traditional Japanese.