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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Komako is happy.
(b) Komako has mood swings.
(c) Komako hides her moods.
(d) Komako is depressed.

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

3. What is Shimamura's first impression of Komako?
(a) Of cleanliness.
(b) Of beauty.
(c) Of confidence.
(d) Of ignorance.

4. What condition is Komako in when she visits Shimamura's room?
(a) She is tired.
(b) She is lucid.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is ill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimamura suddenly find himself enchanted by as he leaves to collect his money?

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

3. How does Shimamura admit he acted toward the young geisha?

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

5. Why does Komako question Shimamura's sexual advances?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Komako find upsetting in her diary?

2. When Shimamura arrives for his second visit to the resort town, how many days does Komako say it has it been since she and Shimamura spent their night together, and how can she be sure of this?

3. Why were there no geisha available when Shimamura requested one?

4. Why does Komako have to leave before daylight?

5. What hobby interest does Shimamura have?

6. Why doesn't the young geisha sent to Shimamura interest him?

7. What symbolism does Shimamura see in the reflection of Yoko's face in the window?

8. Why has Komako started working as a geisha, according to the person Kamako meets on his way home from Komako's room?

9. How does Komako express her liking of Shimamura when she visits his room at the inn on his second visit to the resort town?

10. Who does Shimamura meet on his way home from Komako's room, and what impressed him about this person?

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