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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The day after Kino and his female customer have sex, what time does Kino awake to find the woman gone?
(a) Nearly six in the morning.
(b) Nearly noon.
(c) Nearly ten in the morning.
(d) Nearly three in the afternoon.

3. Though Dr. Tokai does not want to get married, how does he feel about marriage in general?
(a) He feels that divorce rates are too high to believe in monogamous love anymore.
(b) He feels that marriage should be outlawed.
(c) He feels that marriage is a sacred institution that should be respected.
(d) He feels that marriage is only for a select few.

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

5. In college, Kino had been a "standout" (148) in what sport?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Diving.
(c) Squash.
(d) Middle-distance running.

6. How many years older than Habara is Scheherazade?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

7. How does the narrator of "An Independent Organ" describe the level of success enjoyed by Dr. Tokai's medical practice?
(a) Breaking even.
(b) Booming business.
(c) Dwindling prospects.
(d) Mountains of debt.

8. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" says that he had gotten married in what phase of his life?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his teens.
(c) In his middle age.
(d) In his youth.

9. What method does Dr. Tokai use in order to try to keep himself from falling in love with the married woman?
(a) He imagines that she is ugly.
(b) He mentally lists her negative qualities.
(c) He says mean things to her.
(d) He imagines her making love to another man.

10. What object does Dr. Tokai instruct to be given to the narrator upon Dr. Tokai's death?
(a) A squash racket.
(b) A clock.
(c) A lightbulb.
(d) A picnic basket.

11. The narrator of "An Independent Organ" states that most of the story's contents come from what source?
(a) The narrator's pure conjecture.
(b) Dr. Tokai's comments to the narrator.
(c) Comments to the narrator from people close to Dr. Tokai.
(d) A series of recorded interviews with Dr. Tokai.

12. How does Dr. Tokai say his method had worked in relation to keeping himself from falling in love with the married woman?
(a) Just okay.
(b) Not so well.
(c) Great.
(d) Perfectly.

13. How had Dr. Tokai acquired his medical practice?
(a) He had purchased it himself.
(b) He had inherited it from his father.
(c) He had begun as an apprentice and had worked his way up to owner.
(d) He had inherited it from his grandfather.

14. What verb is used to describe the way in which Habara had come to the "provincial city north of Tokyo" (121) four months before the story's beginning?
(a) Moved.
(b) Transported.
(c) Brought.
(d) Led.

15. Habara describes his frequent sexual experiences with Scheherazade as neither "businesslike" (122) nor what?
(a) Routine.
(b) Engaging.
(c) Sensual.
(d) Passionate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the cause of Dr. Tokai's death?

3. When Dr. Tokai finally falls in love, it is with a woman of what age?

4. The person who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar also records the patterns of what element in each girlfriend's life?

5. The narrator describes truly happy families as occurring as frequently as what other phenomenon?

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