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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, the writer decides to book a flight where?

2. Whom does Yuki mention which chills the writer in Chapter 19?

3. For how long did the protagonist remain reclusive following his divorce and depression, as described in Chapter 2?

4. How does the receptionist describe the air as smelling just before she had a strange experience in the hotel in Chapter 7?

5. What has the Dolphin Hotel been renamed in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1?

2. How does the narrator pass his day in Chapter 7? What are his emotions like?

3. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? What is he obsessed with in the beginning of the narrative?

4. How does Yuki describe her relationship with her parents in Chapter 16?

5. Where does the author arrive in Chapter 4? What does he do after arriving?

6. What thoughts consume the protagonist in Chapter 13? Why?

7. How does the narrator compare the old Dolphin Hotel to its replacement in Chapter 6?

8. What causes the protagonist to encounter "Unrequited Love" in Chapter 14? What is his reaction to the film?

9. Where does the protagonist tell his business associates he must go in Chapter 3? Why?

10. What jealousies consume the protagonist in Chapter 14? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the objectives and emotional state of the protagonist in Chapters 12 and 13. How has the appearance of the Sheep Man changed the protagonist and his objectives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of abandonment in the novel. How does this theme apply to both the narrator and to Yuki?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrator's treatment by the police and the events in Chapters 22 and 23. Why did the narrator not summon a lawyer?

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