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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. Kamita gives Kino what explicit advice as Kino sets off on his long journey?

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

3. What does Habara name as something his support liaison, whom he calls Scheherazade, never says out loud?

4. Dr. Tokai's girlfriends always display which quality?

5. The narrator states that Dr. Tokai had always kept his distance from women who expressed interest in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is foreshadowing employed within the narrator's memory of his last conversation with Dr. Tokai?

2. Describe the relationship between Kino and his aunt.

3. How is vivid imagery employed within Scheherazade's depiction of her former life as a lamprey eel?

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

5. The narrator states that "affable" (83) people almost always have what other qualities?

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

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. Discuss the significance of Murakami's use of a simile to describe the moment when Dr. Tokai falls in love.

9. Name the mysterious elements present within the story "Scheherazade" that are not resolved by the end of the story.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Haruki Murakami's short story collection Men Without Women and analyze Murakami's purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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 the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Haruki Murakami's short story collection Men Without Women.

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