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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what period of time does the friendship between Kafuku and Takatsuki last?
2. What is the last name of Kitaru's long-time girlfriend?
3. In what play is Kafuku acting at his main theater at the time of the story's narrative?
4. The girlfriend from whom Tanimura parted before college hailed from what location?
5. When Tanimura goes away to college, he remarks that everything in his life until then has been what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator describe as "the most excruciating thing" (17) about Kafuku's experience of knowing about his wife's affairs?
2. How do Tanimura and Kitaru first meet?
3. How does Tanimura characterize the Kansai dialect spoken by his friend Kitaru?
4. How is the theme of regret depicted within Kafuku's reflections on his late wife and their life together?
5. What precipitates Kafuku's need for a driver?
6. What is the significance of Kafuku's reaction to sitting in the passenger seat of his Saab after 12 years of driving?
7. What is the reason that many of the conversations between Kitaru and Tanimura take place through a crack in the bathroom door?
8. What vivid image does Tanimura create to depict the character of Kitaru in the first few lines of the story "Yesterday"?
9. What evidence does Kafuku give for his claim that Misaki Watari is an "excellent driver" (9)?
10. How is the theme of transformation depicted within the ending of the story "Drive My Car"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Murakami's treatment of the topic of sex within his short story collection Men Without Women.
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the book and what is Murakami's message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Murakami's heavy use of allusion throughout the short story collection Men Without Women.
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