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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 covered in vines.
(b) It is high and sterile.
(c) It is slanted and low.
(d) It is yellow and glaring.

3. The girlfriend from whom Tanimura parted before college hailed from what location?
(a) Kansai.
(b) Shukugawa.
(c) Ashiya.
(d) Okinawa.

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) His name.
(d) Her own wishes.

5. The title of the story "Yesterday" is an allusion to a song by what band?
(a) The Misfits.
(b) The Hives.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Dr. Tokai instruct to be given to the narrator upon Dr. Tokai's death?

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

3. How does Dr. Tokai say his method had worked in relation to keeping himself from falling in love with the married woman?

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. How long does Tanimura say it had taken him to master the standard Tokyo dialect?

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