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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Yesterday".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what play is Kafuku acting at his main theater at the time of the story's narrative?
(a) Uncle Vanya.
(b) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
(c) The Crucible.
(d) Equus.

2. Tanimura had wanted to become a new person when he took what action?
(a) When he went to Tokyo to attend college.
(b) When he went to Kansai to attend college.
(c) When he severed his friendship with Kitaru.
(d) When he broke up with his long-time girlfriend.

3. When Kitaru describes feelings as if he is splitting himself in two, he names what two emotions?
(a) Sadness and excitement.
(b) Curiosity and depression.
(c) Elation and apprehension.
(d) Worry and relief.

4. Oba guesses that Kafuku's future driver is about how old?
(a) In her mid-twenties.
(b) In her late teens.
(c) In her early twenties.
(d) In her mid-thirties.

5. What precipitates the end of the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki?
(a) Kafuku cuts off all contact with Takatsuki.
(b) Takatsuki cuts off all contact with Kafuku.
(c) Takatusuki moves to a different country.
(d) Kafuku moves to a different country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oba tells Kafuku that his car, like all cars from what country, is "built to last" (7)?

2. When it is revealed that Kafuku's new driver's surname is Watari, what is given as her first name?

3. After a period of friendship with Takatsuki, Kafuku comes to the conclusion that Takatsuki had felt what emotion toward Kafuku's late wife?

4. In college, Tanimura had worked in what type of establishment with Kitaru?

5. How long does Tanimura say it had taken him to master the standard Tokyo dialect?

(see the answer key)

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