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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 kind of doctor is Dr. Tokai?
2. According to the narrator, for how many years has Dr. Tokai been performing the same romance rituals?
3. When Kino finally learns the name of the bald man who always sits in the same spot in his bar, what is it?
4. What kind of animal takes up residence in Kino's bar after he opens it but before other customers start to arrive?
5. For how many years had Kino worked as a sports equipment maker before buying the establishment at the center of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the theme of appearance versus reality emerge within the stories that Scheherazade tells to Habara?
2. What attitude does the unnamed narrator have about the prospect of having children?
3. In what ways is the unnamed narrator of "An Independent Organ" suggested to be possibly unreliable?
4. How is the theme of secrecy depicted within the story entitled "An Independent Organ"?
5. What elements are listed within Habara's list of the only "personal information [Scheherazade] had volunteered" (117)?
6. How does Kino come to own a bar and what had he done for work prior to the purchase?
7. Describe the relationship between Kino and his aunt.
8. Name the mysterious elements present within the story "Scheherazade" that are not resolved by the end of the story.
9. Describe Scheherazade's routine upon arriving at Habara's house twice per week.
10. What is the symbolism inherent in Kino's bar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Murakami's heavy use of allusion throughout the short story collection Men Without Women.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss Murakami's treatment of the topic of sex within his short story collection Men Without Women.
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