Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Dr. Tokai say his method had worked in relation to keeping himself from falling in love with the married woman?
2. Who coordinates Dr. Tokai's personal calendar?
3. To what work is Habara alluding when he decides to refer privately to his support liaison as Scheherazade?
4. When Kino finally learns the name of the bald man who always sits in the same spot in his bar, what is it?
5. What kind of doctor is Dr. Tokai?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Dr. Tokai's eventual fate?
2. The narrator states that "affable" (83) people almost always have what other qualities?
3. Describe Scheherazade's routine upon arriving at Habara's house twice per week.
4. Describe the relationship between Kino and his aunt.
5. 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?
6. Discuss the significance of Murakami's use of a simile to describe the moment when Dr. Tokai falls in love.
7. Name the mysterious elements present within the story "Scheherazade" that are not resolved by the end of the story.
8. What is the symbolism inherent in Kino's bar?
9. Who is Goto and what is his role in the story entitled "An Independent Organ"?
10. How does the theme of appearance versus reality emerge within the stories that Scheherazade tells to Habara?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Murakami in order to create vivid pictures of each different character within the short story collection. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Murakami provide for the creation of vivid characters.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the nature of the relationship between the narrator of the story An Independent Organ and Dr. Tokai. Could these characters be considered foils to one another? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Write a critical essay about Haruki Murakami's short story collection Men Without Women while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the book's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the book.
|
This section contains 1,222 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
