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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "An Independent Organ".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kafuki tells Watari that he likes what objects because they are "easier than CDs" (9)?
(a) Records.
(b) Eight Tracks.
(c) Cassettes.
(d) Reel-to-Reels.

2. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?
(a) The narrator's pure conjecture.
(b) Comments to the narrator from people close to Dr. Tokai.
(c) A series of recorded interviews with Dr. Tokai.
(d) Dr. Tokai's comments to the narrator.

3. What baseball reference does Tanimura use to indicate how far he had gone sexually with his girlfriend before going to college and breaking up with her?
(a) Rounding second base.
(b) Home run.
(c) Rounding third base.
(d) Sliding into second base.

4. What method does Dr. Tokai use in order to try to keep himself from falling in love with the married woman?
(a) He mentally lists her negative qualities.
(b) He says mean things to her.
(c) He imagines her making love to another man.
(d) He imagines that she is ugly.

5. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A library.
(c) A bar.
(d) Kafuku's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dr. Tokai finally falls in love, it is with a woman of what age?

2. The narrator states that the conversations between Kafuku and Takatsuki always come back to what topic?

3. When Tanimura goes away to college, he remarks that everything in his life until then has been what?

4. How often does Kafuku draw "distinctions between men and women in his daily life" (4)?

5. What is the name of the man who routinely services Kafuku's car?

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