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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Pages 89 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be said of Komako's mood when she is with Shimamura in the first half of Part One of the novel?
(a) Komako has mood swings.
(b) Komako hides her moods.
(c) Komako is happy.
(d) Komako is depressed.

2. What does Shimamura say he let himself believe about the young geisha?
(a) That they would all be like Komako.
(b) That they would be approving of him.
(c) That they hate their jobs.
(d) That they are better than other women.

3. What reason does the old woman give for Komako having become a geisha?
(a) Komako has a gift for the arts practiced by geisha.
(b) Komako is helping to pay medical bills.
(c) Komako can find no other work.
(d) Komako needs to pay off gambling debts.

4. In reference to the night they spent together, what does Shimamura assure Komako of?
(a) That he told nobody about it.
(b) That he remembers it fondly.
(c) That he doesn't believe Komako loves him.
(d) That he was not laughing at her.

5. What does Komako apparently stop trying to do when staying at Shimamura's?
(a) Sitting on the floor.
(b) Snoring.
(c) Leaving before daybreak.
(d) Drinking too much alcohol

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimamura pretend to look at during his trip to the resort town?

2. Where is Shimamura headed on his journey?

3. What does Komako do for a living?

4. What creature(s) does Shimamura's wife refer to in her warning about the season?

5. What instrument are geisha heard playing by Shimamura and the old woman he meets?

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