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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arthur must kneel in order to enter the room containing the third Kyoto restaurant, he supposes the entry is designed to make him feel what emotion?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Anger.
(c) Humility.
(d) Shame.

2. What name do Bastian's friends call Arthur behind his back?
(a) Old Standby.
(b) Peter Pan.
(c) Strapping Young Buck.
(d) Little Lord Fauntleroy.

3. What "distinctly identifiable" (230) quality does Freddy recognize in Arthur during their second meeting?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Curiosity.

4. During their first meeting on the beach, what does Marian advise Arthur to do with his youth?
(a) Regret it.
(b) Waste it.
(c) Bury it.
(d) Embrace it.

5. Arthur describes his rental car in Japan as being "as small, bland, and white" (248) as a what?
(a) A sand dollar.
(b) A wet dish towel.
(c) An underdone scallop.
(d) A hospital dessert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arthur's instructions for getting to the final restaurant in Kyoto state that he should go to what bridge?

2. In what German city is the university at which Arthur teaches for a time?

3. For what activity has Arthur arrived in Japan too early to witness?

4. Where does Arthur say that he would rather go when he rejects Freddy's idea to visit Tahiti?

5. What type of creature is Elizabeth, the parson's "special friend" (198) at the writer's retreat site?

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