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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. For what reason does Kino quit his job in the sporting goods industry?
(a) He wants to get out of the sporting goods business.
(b) He discovers that his wife has been having an affair with his best friend at the company.
(c) He is in love with a colleague and does not want to be unfaithful to his wife.
(d) He asks for a raise and does not get it.

2. What letter does the narrator of "Men Without Women" use in order to refer to the one true love of his life?
(a) R.
(b) M.
(c) L.
(d) K.

3. What does Kafuku tell Misaki Watari is "a killer" (36)?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Dishonesty.

4. What feature must Gregor Samsa first traverse in order to reach food?
(a) 17 stairs.
(b) A grassy hill.
(c) A moat.
(d) 13 doorknobs.

5. The narrator states that to "become Men Without Women" (223) is what?
(a) Lamentable.
(b) A shame.
(c) Easy.
(d) Difficult.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man calling the unnamed narrator of "Men Without Women" says that what event had taken place the previous Wednesday?

2. How had Dr. Tokai acquired his medical practice?

3. What other fact is included alongside the narrator's statement that Kitaru had failed his college entrance exams twice?

4. What type of literary device is used within Kino's wife's declaration that there had been something wrong between her and Kino from the start, "as if [they'd] done the buttons up wrong" (168)?

5. What verb is used to describe the way in which Habara had come to the "provincial city north of Tokyo" (121) four months before the story's beginning?

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