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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. The last line of the story "Drive My Car" states that Kafuku feels in what way about Misaki's silence in response to his comment that he is going to sleep for a little while?
(a) Sad.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Grateful.

2. For how long did the narrator of "Men Without Women" have a relationship with the woman he thinks of as his one true love?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 years.

3. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that Dr. Tokai had never "found it odd" (84) to have how many girlfriends at once?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) 6 or 8.
(c) Several.
(d) 2 or 3.

4. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?
(a) Her age.
(b) The number of children she has.
(c) Her own wishes.
(d) His name.

5. The ceiling overhead the bald man when he sits at his favorite and only spot in Kino's establishment has what characteristics?
(a) It is high and sterile.
(b) It is yellow and glaring.
(c) It is slanted and low.
(d) It is covered in vines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What letter does the narrator of "Men Without Women" use in order to refer to the one true love of his life?

2. From what location does Kitaru hail?

3. The narrator states that the single fact Gregor Samsa knows upon waking up is that he is a what and that his name is Gregor Samsa?

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

5. When Tanimura goes away to college, he remarks that everything in his life until then has been what?

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