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Snow Country | Quiz

Yasunari Kawabata
This Study Guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Snow Country.

Snow Country | Quiz

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1)

What does Komako write in her diary? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

Stories and poetry.
Notes about her patrons.
Weather reports.
Everything about herself.
2)

Who does Shimamura notice at the noodle shop in 'Chijimi country'? (from Part Two, Pages 139 - 172)

A beautiful geisha.
A group of nuns.
A local politician.
Yoko.
3)

What does Komako find strange that Shimamura hadn't mentioned? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

That Shimamura had seen her at the train station.
That Shimamura is married.
That Shimamura is interested in Yoko.
That Shimamura will be leaving for Tokyo.
4)

What does Komako refuse to close one day when she is staying at the inn with Shimamura? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

A door.
A cabinet.
A book.
A window.
5)

Who is Komako engaged to, according to the old woman? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

One of her wealthy patrons.
Shimamura.
Yukio.
A doctor.
6)

Why does the music teacher not teach Komako music? (from Part One, Pages 65 - 87)

She has gone deaf.
She has had a stroke.
She dislikes Komako.
Komako dislikes the teacher.
7)

At what age are the manufacturers of Chijimi said to stop producing their best work? (from Part Two, Pages 139 - 172)

At forty-five.
At thirty-three.
At sixty.
At age twenty-four.
8)

What do Komako and Shimamura notice the brilliance of as they run toward the burning building? (from Part Two, Pages 139 - 172)

The sun.
The moon.
The Milky Way.
The flames.
9)

How does Shimamura describe the voice that he hears calling to Komako from the hallway? (from Part One, Pages 65 - 87)

As faint.
As hoarse.
As loud.
As beautiful.
10)

Where does Komako live? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

In an apartment with a friend.
In the inn.
A loft in a dilapidated house.
Above a tea house.
11)

How many times has Komako visited Yukio's grave? (from Part Two, Pages 108 - 139)

Three or four times.
Twelve times.
Only once.
Never.
12)

Who runs up to Komako at the train station? (from Part One, Pages 65 - 87)

Yoko.
The music teacher.
A beggar.
The train conductor.
13)

How is Komako described by the old woman Shimamura meets in the latter half of Part One ? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

As a dangerous woman.
As the best musician around.
As popular with men.
As a wonderful dancer.
14)

What occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past? (from Part Two, Pages 108 - 139)

To be a nurse.
To be a writer.
To be a teacher.
To be a doctor.
15)

When he feels cold, what does Shimamura decide to do? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

Put on a sweater.
Get into bed.
Burn some coal.
Take a bath.
16)

What does Komako say is the only accomplishment she has had since last seeing Shimamura? (from Part Two, Pages 89 - 108)

Quitting smoking.
Earning her geisha licence.
Writing a story.
Quitting drinking.
17)

What does Yoko tell Shimamura she feels about Komako? (from Part Two, Pages 108 - 139)

That she does not like Komako.
That she distrusts Komako.
That she respects Komako.
That she thinks Komako is funny.
18)

What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her? (from Part Two, Pages 89 - 108)

To write her letters.
To never come back to the resort town.
To visit her on February fourteenth.
To leave his wife.
19)

What is Chijimi? (from Part Two, Pages 139 - 172)

A type of grass.
A type of weaving.
A type of silk.
A type of pottery.
20)

What reason does Komako give Shimamura for staying away from the burning building? (from Part Two, Pages 139 - 172)

Komako doesn't want Shimamura to get hurt.
The locals will find his presence an intrusion.
People will suspect Shimamura of starting the fire.
Komako doesn't want him to stay out in the cold air.
21)

While in his room, whose voice does Shimamura hear calling to Komako from the hallway? (from Part One, Pages 65 - 87)

The music teacher's.
A maid's.
The innkeeper's.
Yoko's.
22)

At the festival at night, what does Shimamura say is different in the resort town than in Tokyo? (from Part Two, Pages 89 - 108)

The stars.
The air.
The music.
The spirit of the people.
23)

What does Komako say repeatedly when she and Shimamura return to his room after their night out? (from Part One, Pages 65 - 87)

That she doesn't want Shimamura to go back to Tokyo.
That she doesn't feel well.
That she is going home
That she loves Shimamura.
24)

After working for a year, how much of her geisha-service contract does Komako say she has already paid off? (from Part Two, Pages 89 - 108)

Three-quarters of it.
None of it.
Half of it.
All of it.
25)

How does Komako feel reading some of the things she has written in her diary? (from Part One, Pages 38 - 65)

Ashamed.
Annoyed.
Amused.
Nostalgic.
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