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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The female customer who frequents Kino's bar collects what type of records?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Classical.
(c) Psychedelic rock.
(d) Classic rock.

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

3. Dr. Tokai tells the narrator that a gentleman does not talk about the women he sleeps with nor about what other subject?
(a) Politics.
(b) Morality.
(c) Religion.
(d) Taxes.

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

5. What adjective is used to describe the wedding presents Dr. Tokai buys for his paramours when they get married to another man?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Personalized.
(c) Cursory.
(d) Expensive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of animal takes up residence in Kino's bar after he opens it but before other customers start to arrive?

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

4. What action had Dr. Tokai always taken when a woman had broken up with him so that she could marry her other boyfriend?

5. How many years older than Habara is Scheherazade?

Short Essay Questions

1. The unnamed narrator of the story "An Independent Organ" presents Dr. Tokai as an example of what type of person?

2. What attitude does the unnamed narrator have about the prospect of having children?

3. What are Kino's feelings toward his ex-wife and her lover, who had also been Kino's colleague?

4. To what work is the title of the story "Scheherazade" referring and what is the significance of the title?

5. Around the time Kino's cat disappears, what other creatures begins to show up outside of the bar and what do they symbolize?

6. What type of doctor is Dr. Tokai and how does his job relate to his preferred habits regarding dating?

7. When the narrator states that Dr. Tokai had displayed no signs of an unstable personality, what traits does he list as being absent within Dr. Tokai's personality?

8. Who is Goto and what is his role in the story entitled "An Independent Organ"?

9. How does the theme of appearance versus reality emerge within the stories that Scheherazade tells to Habara?

10. Describe Scheherazade's routine upon arriving at Habara's house twice per week.

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