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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less At Last.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which feature of Arthur's Kyoto hotel had the author Kawabata Yasunari named as the "heart of Kyoto" (233)?
(a) The kaiseki restaurant.
(b) The fountain.
(c) The garden depicted on the wall of Arthur's room.
(d) The courtyard.

2. The narrator states that it is a traveler's what "that one should shop for clothing while abroad"? (116)
(a) Conundrum.
(b) Fallacy.
(c) Fanciful notion.
(d) Travesty.

3. How does Arthur feel upon finding out that he has booked himself into a Christian retreat center, rather than the Buddhist one he had imagined?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Deflated.
(c) Wary.
(d) Excited.

4. Though the GPS in Arthur's rental car in Kyoto works at first, once outside the city limits, it places Arthur squarely in the middle of what body of water?
(a) The Hirosawa Pond.
(b) The Yamashina Canal.
(c) The Sea of Japan.
(d) The Kamo River.

5. What is the title of Arthur Less's newest book that he has just submitted to a publisher before the opening of the novel?
(a) Quick.
(b) Rapids.
(c) Swift.
(d) Haste.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town did Arthur and Robert stay when they went to Mexico together?

2. What object is misplaced during Arthur's stay in Japan?

3. Robert apologizes to Arthur for missing his fiftieth birthday, saying that he had had a what with death?

4. In what country is the first stop on Arthur Less's itinerary?

5. For whom is the stadium in Parque Mexico named?

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