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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 has the Dolphin Hotel been renamed in Chapter 4?

2. The Sheep Man tells the writer that his people were chased where long ago in Chapter 11?

3. What season was it when the writer returned to society after his reclusive bout described in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the receptionist at the hotel whom the narrator befriends?

5. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the Dolphin Hotel in Chapter 1?

2. What jealousies consume the protagonist in Chapter 14? Why?

3. What stranger does the writer feel a strange connection with in Chapter 6?

4. How does the protagonist describe his entrance into his profession in Chapter 3?

5. What thoughts consume the protagonist in Chapter 13? Why?

6. Where does the protagonist arrive in Chapter 16? Where does he decide to stay?

7. How does the protagonist feel when he returns to his hotel room in Chapter 12? When does he sleep and awaken?

8. Where does the protagonist decide to go after his assignment ends in Chapter 4? What does he find upon arrival?

9. What led to a previous depression of the protagonist's, as described in Chapter 2?

10. What favor does the hotel receptionist ask of the protagonist in Chapter 15? What is his response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of the hotel receptionist in the novel, and her story about the sixteenth floor. How might this be another element of foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the biography and works of author Haruki Murakami. What are common themes and stylistic elements in the author's works?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrator's treatment by the police and the events in Chapters 22 and 23. Why did the narrator not summon a lawyer?

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