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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Pages 1 - 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Komako do for a living?
(a) Komako is a geisha.
(b) Komako is a writer.
(c) Komako is a weaver.
(d) Komako is a teacher.

2. What relationship does Shimamura want with Komako?
(a) A romantic relationship.
(b) No relationship at all.
(c) An employer/employee relationship.
(d) Friendship.

3. What does Shimamura refer to as "free, uncontrolled fantasy"?
(a) His trips to the resort town.
(b) Movies.
(c) His dance research.
(d) Reading books set abroad.

4. What kind of geisha does Shimamura request?
(a) One who dances beautifully.
(b) One who is talented musically.
(c) A young and good-looking one.
(d) An experienced one.

5. What is the temperature in snow country?
(a) Unseasonably warm.
(b) Below zero.
(c) Ten degrees.
(d) Minus twenty degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimamura say he often loses with himself?

2. What is the name of the mountain range that surrounds the resort town?

3. What does Shimamura actually look at during his trip to the resort town?

4. What is Shimamura's first impression of Komako?

5. What does Shimamura hear, which he says 'rings out clearly'?

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