So you think you know Japanese Literature?

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Try our Japanese Literature Quiz, 10 questions on famous Japanese Novels and Authors

Japanese Literature Quiz

Results

#1. Banana Yoshimoto's debut novel published in 1988 was?

Unlucky! Kitchen was her debut novel

#2. I am a Cat was written in 1906 by...?

Unlucky! Natsume Soseki wrote I am a Cat

#3. Ryu Murakami wrote, in 1980, this surreal masterpiece about two babies found where?

Unlucky! Coin Locker Babies was the title

#4. Which Japanese Author first won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968?

Unlucky! Kawabata Yasunari was the first winner

#5. Who wrote The Housekeeper and the Professor in 2003?

Unlucky! Yoko Ogawa was the author

#6. Name the only Japanese born author to win the Booker Prize in 1989?

Unlucky! British Author Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki in 1954

#7. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, considered the world's first novel, was written when?

Unlucky! It was published in the 11th Century

#8. Which Haruki Murakami book was named after a Beatles song?

Unlucky! Norwegian Wood appeared on the Beatles Rubber Soul album in 1965

#9. Complete the Hiromi Kawakami title, Strange ....... in Tokyo?

Unlucky! The title is Strange Weather in Tokyo

#10. Who wrote The Makioka Sisters between 1943 and 1948?

Unlucky! Junichiro Tanizaki was the author

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