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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pages 61-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impression does the narrator have of Omi after meeting him alone in the schoolyard?
(a) He is brave.
(b) He is lonely.
(c) He is mean.
(d) He is tough.

2. From what does Katakura die?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Anemia.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. In what city was the narrator born?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Kobe.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Osaka.

4. In the first attempt to execute Sebastian, what weapon was used?
(a) Arrows.
(b) Guns.
(c) The guillotine.
(d) Poison darts.

5. As a boy, what does the narrator associate with the idea of love?
(a) Man.
(b) Woman.
(c) All of these.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator react to Reni's "Saint Sebastian"?

2. Who scolds the narrator for claiming to remember his birth?

3. After Omi is expelled, what type of fantasies does the narrator indulge in?

4. What type of visual pornography does the narrator hide at his home?

5. What do the schoolboys call the graphic game they play with each other?

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