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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. After dinner Yuki insists that the writer take a drive so that they can do what in Chapter 19?

2. The Sheep Man warns that the writer could get stuck in what in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 8, the writer calls his former business partner where?

4. Where is the Dolphin Hotel located?

5. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is how many stories tall in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hotel receptionist describe her experience on the sixteenth floor in Chapter 7?

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

3. How does the protagonist describe Ryoichi Gotanda in Chapter 8?

4. What stranger does the writer feel a strange connection with in Chapter 6?

5. On what assignment does the protagonist go in Chapter 2? How does he describe his job?

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

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

8. What favor does the hotel receptionist ask of the protagonist in Chapter 15? What is his response?

9. What does the protagonist discover at the library in Chapter 7?

10. What fantasy consumes the protagonist in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the biography and works of author Haruki Murakami. What are common themes and stylistic elements in the author's works?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the character of the Sheep Man in the novel. What is indicated by the style of speech the Sheep Man uses?

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