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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Samsa in Love" and "Men Without Women".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what play is Kafuku acting at his main theater at the time of the story's narrative?
(a) The Crucible.
(b) Uncle Vanya.
(c) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
(d) Equus.

2. Dr. Tokai's girlfriends always display which quality?
(a) They are always rich.
(b) They are always models.
(c) They are always thin.
(d) They are always married or have steady boyfriends.

3. Dr. Tokai believes that upon reaching adolescence, all kids become what?
(a) Sex-obsessed.
(b) Rude.
(c) Closed.
(d) Arrogant.

4. According to the narrator, for how many years has Dr. Tokai been performing the same romance rituals?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

5. When Kino first sees the bald man come into his establishment, he pegs him as a what?
(a) A racist.
(b) A yakuza.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) A businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The call received by the unnamed narrator at the start of the story "Men Without Women" comes at what time of day?

2. How many of his own former lives does Habara tell Scheherazade that he can recall?

3. What kind of doctor is Dr. Tokai?

4. The day after Kino and his female customer have sex, what time does Kino awake to find the woman gone?

5. The man calling the unnamed narrator of "Men Without Women" says that what event had taken place the previous Wednesday?

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