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

2. What does Shimamura say left him at the sight of the young geisha?
(a) His strength.
(b) His courage.
(c) His determination.
(d) His honor.

3. Why does Komako question Shimamura's sexual advances?
(a) Because Shimamura is married.
(b) Because Shimamura had said they should just be friends.
(c) Because Shimamura doesn't know her well.
(d) Because Shimamura said he disliked her.

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

5. What does Shimamura pretend to look at during his trip to the resort town?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) The scenery.
(c) His feet.
(d) A poster.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of geisha does Shimamura request?

3. What does Komako do for a living?

4. What does Komako make a list of?

5. How is Komako described by the old woman Shimamura meets in the latter half of Part One ?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What do his mountain trips mean to Shimamura?

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

4. Where does Shimamura go the day after his night with Komako, and why might he have left?

5. Describe Komako's situation at the time of her first meeting with Shimamura.

6. What does Shimamura notice about Yoko's care of her sick companion?

7. What is Komako's condition when she shows up at Shimamura's room in the middle of the night on his first visit to the resort town?

8. What hobby interest does Shimamura have?

9. Why does Komako bite her own arm?

10. Where is Shimamura headed at the beginning of the story, and who does he plan to meet?

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