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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less At Last.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arthur must kneel in order to enter the room containing the third Kyoto restaurant, he supposes the entry is designed to make him feel what emotion?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Anger.
(c) Shame.
(d) Humility.

2. Arthur tells Robert that the effects of Robert's stroke have caused him to sound what?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Welsh.
(d) Chinese.

3. Though the narrator says that all Arthur Less has "managed to grow is a gentle sense of himself, akin to the transparent carapace of a soft-shelled crab" (6), what event is stated to still have the ability to hurt him?
(a) A mediocre review.
(b) A careless slight.
(c) A rejection by a publisher.
(d) Heartbreak.

4. The final jury that awards the prize for which Arthur is nominated is composed of 12 what?
(a) Professors.
(b) Audience members.
(c) High school students.
(d) Poets.

5. Which anniversary are Lewis and Clark celebrating separately while Lewis is in Morocco?
(a) Their 20th.
(b) Their 15th.
(c) Their 12th.
(d) Their 27th.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Arthur Less currently live?

2. What type of creature is Elizabeth, the parson's "special friend" (198) at the writer's retreat site?

3. For what activity has Arthur arrived in Japan too early to witness?

4. Rather than considering himself German, what nationality does Bastian call his own?

5. What reason does the festival organizer give for why he never attends the panels he puts together?

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