View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Komako's skills described to Shimamura?
(a) As not amateur.
(b) As the best in town.
(c) As unrefined.
(d) As well-practiced.

2. The day after Shimamura and Komako sleep together, where does Shimamura depart for?
(a) Niigata.
(b) A neighboring village.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Osaka.

3. What did Shimamura say one look at the young geisha did?
(a) Melts his desire for a woman.
(b) Reminds him of his wife.
(c) Stops his heart.
(d) Makes him feel guilty.

4. Who is on the train with Shimamura when he leaves to go back to Tokyo at the end of Part One?
(a) A mother and her children.
(b) A young man in a western-style suit.
(c) A middle-aged man and a young woman.
(d) An elderly woman carrying parcels of food.

5. 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 hides her moods.
(b) Komako is happy.
(c) Komako is depressed.
(d) Komako has mood swings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimamura refer to as "free, uncontrolled fantasy"?

2. In Shimamura's room at night, what does Komako claim is ailing her before stating that she must go home?

3. What disease does Yukio, the music teacher's son, suffer from?

4. What festival is held in the resort town in February?

5. After working for a year, how much of her geisha-service contract does Komako say she has already paid off?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 273 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample