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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 blemishes does Kino's female customer reveal to him the night they have sex?
2. To Habara's amazement, Scheherazade tells him that she can recall what phase of her life?
3. Most of Dr. Tokai's friends are said to be what?
4. What verb is used to describe the way in which Habara had come to the "provincial city north of Tokyo" (121) four months before the story's beginning?
5. How many years older than Habara is Scheherazade?
Short Essay Questions
1. Around the time Kino's cat disappears, what other creatures begins to show up outside of the bar and what do they symbolize?
2. Describe the relationship between Kino and his aunt.
3. What attitude does the unnamed narrator have about the prospect of having children?
4. To what work is the title of the story "Scheherazade" referring and what is the significance of the title?
5. How is the theme of escape depicted within Habara's receipt of Scheherazade's stories?
6. How does the theme of appearance versus reality emerge within the stories that Scheherazade tells to Habara?
7. In what way is foreshadowing employed within the narrator's memory of his last conversation with Dr. Tokai?
8. How does Kino come to own a bar and what had he done for work prior to the purchase?
9. Who is Goto and what is his role in the story entitled "An Independent Organ"?
10. The narrator states that "affable" (83) people almost always have what other qualities?
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
Write a critical essay about Haruki Murakami's short story collection Men Without Women while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the book's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the book.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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