This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Exams

Below are review materials for each of the quizzes and exam, as well as background information about the final exam.

Lesson 1

  • Grammar Review and Exercises: [Lesson 1A Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)] [Lesson 1B (PDF) Questions; Answers (PDF)]
  • Lesson 1 Practice Test Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)

Lesson 2

  • Grammar Review and Exercises: [Lesson 2A Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)] [Lesson 2B Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)]
  • Lesson 2 Practice Test Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

  • Grammar Review and Exercises: [Lesson 6A Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)] [Lesson 6B Questions (PDF); Answers (PDF)]
  • Study and Review Lesson 6 Kanji 

Hourly Exam

 

The format of the Hourly Exam will be as follows:

  1. Listening Comprehension
  2. Matching Exercise
  3. Utilization ("Write the following in Japanese...")
  4. Reading Comprehension

To prepare for the exam:

Practice Quiz (PDF)
Practice Quiz Answer (PDF)

  1. Review all the materials introduced during this semester, focusing on lessons 4-6.
  2. Do the Matching Exercise Sheets handed out in class.
  3. Kanji: the Hourly Exam will NOT test on your ability to write kanji. However, you are expected to be able to read all the kanji introduced so far (up through lesson 6) for the reading comprehension section of the Exam. (See the Kanji study page for the lists of kanji for each lesson.)