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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 20-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who lived with the writer at the Dolphin Hotel?
(a) Kiki.
(b) Rene.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Lele.

2. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 weeks.

3. What is the young girl doing the following morning when the narrator sees her again in Chapter 6?
(a) Sitting in the lobby.
(b) Having breakfast with her mother.
(c) Swimming in the pool.
(d) Leaving the hotel.

4. In Chapter 21, the police arrive at the writer's apartment and ask him to go where with them?
(a) Tsujido.
(b) The Akasaka precinct.
(c) Yokohama.
(d) Sapporo.

5. What object did the police find to tie the writer to the murder victim in Chapter 21?
(a) His business card.
(b) His hat.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the writer have breakfast in Chapter 14?

2. How many times has the protagonist been divorced in the novel?

3. In Chapter 23, the writer tells Yuki about the Sheep Man and how he sort of works as ____________.

4. What word refers to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics?

5. What literary style does the narrator describe as rhetoric for rhetoric's sake in Chapter 17?

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