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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator want to do in light of the situation?
2. What song does the narrator listen to just before falling asleep at the waterfront?
3. What does the Professor use the paperclips for?
4. What does the narrator say is "...all that is left..." at the end of the story?
5. What does the librarian notice about the narrator's statements during dinner?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Caretaker of the Power Station feel about the musical instruments?
2. Explain the importance of belief as described in Chapter 34.
3. Explain what the narrator thinks about the stars as he is making his way through the underground escape route towards the end of Chapter 29.
4. How does the narrator explain his decision in Chapter 40?
5. What does the narrator do after arriving in his apartment in Chapter 31?
6. Describe the taxi that picks up the narrator and the chubby girl after the exit from the underground in Chapter 31.
7. Given what the narrator tells his shadow about why he plans to stay, what do you think he plans to do with his time in the Town?
8. What does the narrator tell the librarian about why he got divorced?
9. What does the narrator say in Chapter 37 about "...tuning in on the particulars of the world" and why is that important?
10. How does the narrator react to the musical instruments in Chapter 28?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed characterization of Murakami's use of literary and musical references, describing his choice of usage and explaining how these choices add to the development of the characters.
Essay Topic 2
Name some elements of the "archetypal journey" and explain how the "Hard-Boiled Wonderland" narrator's passage through the Tokyo underground was an archetypal journey.
Essay Topic 3
Explain how "shuffling" is done and the significance of this process for the novel's exploration of consciousness.
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