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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Samsa in Love" and "Men Without Women".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kino describes his bar as "a place where his heart could be" (153) what?
(a) Healed.
(b) Tethered.
(c) Set free.
(d) Happy.

2. How long does Tanimura say it had taken him to master the standard Tokyo dialect?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 3 years.

3. Kafuku believes that the majority of female drivers fall into which two categories?
(a) Distracted or intensely focused.
(b) Too aggressive or too timid.
(c) Courteous or rude.
(d) Too slow or too fast.

4. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?
(a) Kafuku's office.
(b) A library.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A bar.

5. What favor does the man who services Kafuku's car do for Kafuku at the beginning of the story?
(a) He recommends a driver to Kafuku.
(b) He lies to Kafuku's wife about where he has been.
(c) He gives him a coupon for twenty percent off his next service.
(d) He gives Kafuku's car a free wash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Kafuku love to do, "regardless of the season" (6)?

2. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?

3. Though Dr. Tokai does not want to get married, how does he feel about marriage in general?

4. What does Oba tell Kafuku about the social habits of Kafuku's future driver?

5. What does Goto tell the narrator had been the cause of Dr. Tokai's decision to live no longer?

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