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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. The narrator of "Men Without Women" uses what type of language throughout the story?
(a) Medical.
(b) Nautical.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Colloquial.

2. During one of her stories, Scheherazade declares that she had been what creature in a former life?
(a) A praying mantis.
(b) A snake.
(c) A lamprey eel.
(d) A koala.

3. The ceiling overhead the bald man when he sits at his favorite and only spot in Kino's establishment has what characteristics?
(a) It is high and sterile.
(b) It is covered in vines.
(c) It is slanted and low.
(d) It is yellow and glaring.

4. In what kind of establishment do Kafuku and Takatsuki always meet?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Kafuku's office.
(c) A bar.
(d) A library.

5. The female customer who frequents Kino's bar collects what type of records?
(a) Classic rock.
(b) Psychedelic rock.
(c) Classical.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oba tells Kafuku that Kafuku's future driver "almost never" (5) takes what action?

2. When Kino and his ex-wife meet once their divorce is finalized, what does Kino's wife say she has been wanting to tell Kino?

3. What had been the narrator's true love's favorite type of music?

4. Kafuku believes that the majority of female drivers fall into which two categories?

5. The narrator describes truly happy families as occurring as frequently as what other phenomenon?

(see the answer key)

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