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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Scheherazade and Kino".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Dr. Tokai use to describe what his friends all tell him about parenting?
(a) Smoke screen.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Sales pitch.
(d) Mirage in the desert.

2. Within the narrator's present-tense description of Dr. Tokai, what is NOT a characteristic the narrator lists?
(a) Dr. Tokai is 52 years old.
(b) Dr. Tokai is 38 years old.
(c) Dr. Tokai lives in an elegant building in Tokyo.
(d) Dr. Tokai has never been married.

3. Who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar?
(a) The unnamed narrator of the story.
(b) Dr. Tokai's female secretary.
(c) Dr. Tokai's male secretary.
(d) Dr. Tokai's mother.

4. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?
(a) The narrator's pure conjecture.
(b) A series of recorded interviews with Dr. Tokai.
(c) Dr. Tokai's comments to the narrator.
(d) Comments to the narrator from people close to Dr. Tokai.

5. What kind of blemishes does Kino's female customer reveal to him the night they have sex?
(a) Boils.
(b) Rashes.
(c) Birthmarks.
(d) Cigarette burn scars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Kino and his female customer go in order to have sex with one another?

2. For what reason does Tanimura dislike baths?

3. On their date together, Tanimura and Kitaru's long-time girlfriend go to what location?

4. Tanimura's father had worked in what position during Tanimura's childhood?

5. What baseball reference does Tanimura use to indicate how far he had gone sexually with his girlfriend before going to college and breaking up with her?

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