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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Samsa in Love" and "Men Without Women".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tanimura's mother had worked in what position during Tanimura's childhood?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Librarian.

2. What kind of blemishes does Kino's female customer reveal to him the night they have sex?
(a) Birthmarks.
(b) Boils.
(c) Cigarette burn scars.
(d) Rashes.

3. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" says that he had gotten married in what phase of his life?
(a) In his youth.
(b) In his teens.
(c) In his middle age.
(d) In his thirties.

4. What favor does the man who services Kafuku's car do for Kafuku at the beginning of the story?
(a) He recommends a driver to Kafuku.
(b) He lies to Kafuku's wife about where he has been.
(c) He gives him a coupon for twenty percent off his next service.
(d) He gives Kafuku's car a free wash.

5. What does Oba tell Kafuku about the social habits of Kafuku's future driver?
(a) He says that she has many friends.
(b) He says that she rarely talks.
(c) He says that she has a husband.
(d) He says that she talks endlessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tanimura accuses Kitaru of taking what action in relation to the song Yesterday?

2. Kino describes his bar as "a place where his heart could be" (153) what?

3. The first line of the story Scheherazade uses what two adjectives to describe the stories Habara's "support liaison" (121) tells him?

4. What main element do Kitaru and Tanimura have in common?

5. In the narrator's final thoughts within the story "Men Without Women," he states that he hopes the woman who had been the love of his life is currently what?

(see the answer key)

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