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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 first line of the story Scheherazade uses what two adjectives to describe the stories Habara's "support liaison" (121) tells him?
(a) Boring and pointless.
(b) Strange and gripping.
(c) Powerful and haunting.
(d) Beautiful and somber.

2. Tanimura had wanted to become a new person when he took what action?
(a) When he went to Tokyo to attend college.
(b) When he broke up with his long-time girlfriend.
(c) When he severed his friendship with Kitaru.
(d) When he went to Kansai to attend college.

3. Gregor Samsa finds a table laid with food that has how many places set around it?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. While Scheherazade's days coming to see Habara are not fixed, it is specified that she never comes when?
(a) On weekdays.
(b) On weekends.
(c) On Fridays.
(d) On holidays.

5. Oba guesses that Kafuku's future driver is about how old?
(a) In her mid-twenties.
(b) In her mid-thirties.
(c) In her early twenties.
(d) In her late teens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Dr. Tokai's friends are said to be what?

2. The ceiling overhead the bald man when he sits at his favorite and only spot in Kino's establishment has what characteristics?

3. Kitaru remarks that his parents are constantly nagging him about what element of his behavior?

4. When making a point about the obscurity of the Kansai dialect, Kitaru's long-time girlfriend declares that no one has ever translated which book into the Kansai dialect?

5. The female customer who frequents Kino's bar collects what type of records?

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