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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. What is the name of the woman who lived with the writer at the Dolphin Hotel?
2. In Chapter 9, the writer develops an elaborate fantasy about an actress playing what historical figure?
3. When the receptionist comes to talk to the writer in Chapter 7, he cannot get what individual out of his mind?
4. In Chapter 15, the writer decides to book a flight where?
5. The character named Kiki was what before becoming an actress?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the protagonist feel when he returns to his hotel room in Chapter 12? When does he sleep and awaken?
2. Where does the protagonist decide to go after his assignment ends in Chapter 4? What does he find upon arrival?
3. What thoughts consume the protagonist in Chapter 13? Why?
4. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?
5. Why does the hotel receptionist speak under false pretenses in Chapter 7?
6. How does the protagonist describe Ryoichi Gotanda in Chapter 8?
7. On what assignment does the protagonist go in Chapter 2? How does he describe his job?
8. How is the protagonist of the novel introduced in Chapter 1? What is he obsessed with in the beginning of the narrative?
9. What stranger does the writer feel a strange connection with in Chapter 6?
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 character of Gotanda and the actions and objectives of the protagonist in Chapter 26. What does the narrator hope to learn from Gotanda?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the setting of Sapporo and the new Dolphin Hotel, as well as the foreshadowing in Chapter 6. What is foreshadowed in the young girl spotted by the narrator?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism and conflict in Chapter 5. What conflict does the writer meet when he attempts to inquire about the old hotel?
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