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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Seven out of ten.. Reasonable.
8/10. It could be better. 😅