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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. What major is Kitaru's long-term girlfriend pursuing?
2. How often does Kafuku draw "distinctions between men and women in his daily life" (4)?
3. What activity does Kafuku love to do, "regardless of the season" (6)?
4. What emotion does Kitaru's long-time girlfriend feel about her boyfriend's suggestion that Tanimura take her out on a date?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the conditions of Misaki Watari's employment with Kafuku?
2. How does Kitaru justify to Tanimura his butchering of the lyrics to the Beatles' song Yesterday?
3. What evidence does Kafuku give for his claim that Misaki Watari is an "excellent driver" (9)?
4. What does the narrator describe as "the most excruciating thing" (17) about Kafuku's experience of knowing about his wife's affairs?
5. What vivid image does Tanimura create to depict the character of Kitaru in the first few lines of the story "Yesterday"?
6. Compare and contrast Kitaru's and Tanimura's feelings about taking baths.
7. What precipitates Kafuku's need for a driver?
8. What is the reason that many of the conversations between Kitaru and Tanimura take place through a crack in the bathroom door?
9. Which of Misaki Watari's qualities make her a perfect fit for her role as Kafuku's personal driver?
10. How do Tanimura and Kitaru first meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of the unnamed narrator in the story Men Without Women? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting the unnamed narrator and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays the character in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Murakami's focus on the theme of transformation in Haruki Murakami's short story collection Men Without Women. What message is being sent about the nature of change?
Essay Topic 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the book and what is Murakami's message regarding these themes?
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