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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. Where does Komako live?
(a) In an apartment with a friend.
(b) Above a tea house.
(c) A loft in a dilapidated house.
(d) In the inn.

2. How old is Yukio?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty-six.
(d) Thirty.

3. Who does Shimamura hear Komako discussing her fee with?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) A maid.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Another geisha.

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

5. What do Shimamura and Komako talk about?
(a) The hot springs.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The train.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimamura wonder about when he's on the train?

2. Why does Komako blame Shimamura for sleeping with her?

3. What reason does Shimamura give Komako for his third visit to the resort town?

4. What does Komako tell Shimamura had worried her for a time?

5. The day after Shimamura and Komako sleep together, where does Shimamura depart for?

(see the answer key)

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