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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 precipitates the end of the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki?
(a) Kafuku cuts off all contact with Takatsuki.
(b) Takatsuki cuts off all contact with Kafuku.
(c) Takatusuki moves to a different country.
(d) Kafuku moves to a different country.

2. For what reason does Kitaru's long-time girlfriend agree to a date with Tanimura?
(a) She has nothing to do on the night he invites her out.
(b) She wants to feel that she has a secret from Kitaru.
(c) She thinks Tanimura is handsome.
(d) She wants to get back at Kitaru for suggesting the date.

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

4. During one of her stories, Scheherazade declares that she had been what creature in a former life?
(a) A snake.
(b) A koala.
(c) A lamprey eel.
(d) A praying mantis.

5. Tanimura's father had worked in what position during Tanimura's childhood?
(a) Data entry professional.
(b) Coal miner.
(c) Pharmaceutical company worker.
(d) Steel worker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what reason does Kino quit his job in the sporting goods industry?

3. Tanimura declares that the writer of the song Yesterday had recorded it in the studio with how many other people?

4. According to the narrator, for how many years has Dr. Tokai been performing the same romance rituals?

5. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?

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