Norwegian Wood

Question 1

Author of Norwegian Wood

Answer 1

Haruki Murakami

Question 2

Originally entitled

Answer 2

Noruwei no Mori

Question 3

When did it publish

Answer 3

1987

Question 4

When was/is Haruki Murakami born?

Answer 4

January 12,1949

Question 5

Where did he (Haruki Murakami) live before moving?

Answer 5

Ashiya (near Kobe)

Question 6

Where did he (Haruki Murakami) move?

Answer 6

Tokyo

Question 7

What University did he (Haruki Murakami) attend?

Answer 7

Waseda University

Question 8

Haruki Murakami’s first novel

Answer 8

Hear the Wind Sing (1979)

Question 9

What was his (Haruki Murakami) work for seven years?

Answer 9

owner of a small jazz bar

Question 10

name the author’s notable works

Answer 10

Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird
Chronicle (1994–95), Kafka on the Shore (2002)

Question 11

What song did hit Toru hard and found himself flung back into memories of his youth?

Answer 11

Norwegian Wood by The Beatles

Question 12

The former girlfriend of Toru’s best friend from high school

Answer 12

Naoko

Question 13

Who killed himself during their senior year?

Answer 13

Kizuki

Question 14

On what day of the week would Toru and Naoko meet?

Answer 14

Sunday (every Sunday)

Question 15

He is a serial womanizer, invites Toru out on the town to get drunk, pick-up women, and bring
them to hotels for pleasure.

Answer 15

Nagasawa

Question 16

What did Toru and Naoko celebrate in her apartment?

Answer 16

Naoko’s 20th birthday

Question 17

Where was Naoko moving?

Answer 17

sanatorium (hills of Kyoto)

Question 18

What class did Toru and Midori meet?

Answer 18

History of Drama Class

Question 19

A vibrant girl whom Toru met in a class

Answer 19

Midori

Question 20

Name of the sanitorium

Answer 20

Ami Hostel

Question 21

She’s Naoko’s roommate and she’s called a “Music Doctor” because of her skills at piano and guitar

Answer 21

Reiko Ishida

Question 22

What day of the week did Midori go to Toru’s dorm to pick him up?

Answer 22

Sunday

Question 23

Midori’s father who suffers brain tumor and died

Answer 23

Mr. Kobayashi or Kobayashi

Question 24

Where did Naoko hung herself?

Answer 24

Woods

Question 25

Where does Reiko plan to teach music?

Answer 25

Ashikawa (a village in the far north of Japan)

Question 26

What question did Midori ask to Toru?

Answer 26

Where are you?

Question 27

The main character in the story, best friend of Kizuki

Answer 27

Toru Watanabe

Question 28

Toru’s best friend and Naoko’s boyfriend.

Answer 28

Kizuki

Question 29

Toru’s secondary love interest, is a bright, talkative, and an adventurous student.

Answer 29

Midori Kobayashi

Question 30

She is Nagasawa’s girlfriend. A chic, pleasant, mild-mannered young woman.

Answer 30

Hatsumi

Question 31

What year did the story take place?

Answer 31

1968

Question 32

When did the film release "Norwegian Wood"?

Answer 32

2010

Question 33

Who said this? "Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life"

Answer 33

Toru

Question 34

"The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living."

Answer 34

Naoko