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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 12 what does the narrator say she did NOT study?
(a) The art of calligraphy.
(b) The art of woodblock printing.
(c) The art of Bunraku puppet theater.
(d) The art of flower arranging.

2. Where does the Baron seduce Sayuri?
(a) In his dressing room.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) In his garden.
(d) In his entrance hall.

3. What does the Chairman present to the Baron as a gift?
(a) A gold pipe.
(b) A gold cane.
(c) A gold sword.
(d) A gold box.

4. What are tsutsumi, okawa, and taiko?
(a) Kinds of songs.
(b) Kinds of stringed instruments.
(c) Kinds of drums.
(d) Kinds of dances.

5. How does Sayuri say the young actor she met at the party died a few years after they met?
(a) He killed himself with a sword.
(b) He was killed by a waitress.
(c) He fell off a bridge in Gion.
(d) He died of drug overdose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Nobu present to Sayuri?

2. What happens to a geisha who marries?

3. Why does Mameha say Mother wants Chiyo to fail?

4. Who did Mameha's older sister have an affair with?

5. What does Sayuri compare her encounter with the Chairman to at the beginning of chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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