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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. Why does Komako blame Shimamura for sleeping with her?
(a) Because Shimamura is married.
(b) Because Shimamura was too weak to sleep with the geisha.
(c) Because Komako was drunk.
(d) Because Shimamura is older than Komako.

2. What promise does Komako say Shimamura broke with her?
(a) To visit her on February fourteenth.
(b) To write her letters.
(c) To leave his wife.
(d) To never come back to the resort town.

3. What does Shimamura suddenly find himself enchanted by as he leaves to collect his money?
(a) The smell of the hot springs.
(b) The leaves on the mountain.
(c) A beautiful geisha.
(d) A quick flowing river.

4. Who or what appears on Komako's list the most?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Romances.
(c) Horses.
(d) Shimamura.

5. In reference to the night they spent together, what does Shimamura assure Komako of?
(a) That he doesn't believe Komako loves him.
(b) That he remembers it fondly.
(c) That he was not laughing at her.
(d) That he told nobody about it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When he feels cold, what does Shimamura decide to do?

3. Where is Shimamura headed on his journey?

4. What does Komako apparently stop trying to do when staying at Shimamura's?

5. How does Shimamura feel as he descends the mountain?

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