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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Pages 108 - 139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Komako do when Shimamura tries to touch her chest?
(a) Komako yells at Shimamura.
(b) Komako crosses her arms in front of her.
(c) Komako slaps Shimamura.
(d) Komako calls for help.

2. Where does Shimamura tell the young geisha he has to go in order to collect his money?
(a) The train station.
(b) The post office.
(c) The library.
(d) The bank.

3. Where does Komako tell Yoko she had considered going when they met early in this section?
(a) To the hot springs.
(b) To the cemetary.
(c) To the doctor.
(d) To the hairdresser.

4. What are Komako's feelings about visiting the cemetery?
(a) Komako is relieved to finally go.
(b) Komako is indifferent about going.
(c) Komako is agreeable to going.
(d) Komako is unwilling to go.

5. Who saw Komako off when she left for geisha training?
(a) Only Yukio.
(b) Only the music teacher.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Only Yoko.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Shimamura say left him at the sight of the young geisha?

3. What time in the morning is it when Komako enters Shimamura's room "dead drunk"?

4. What occupational ambition did Yoko have in the past?

5. What does Komako insist she and Shimamura do the night before he is to return to Tokyo?

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