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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mameha say she's arrived late the evening she and Pumpkin arrive to find the Chairman and Sayuri alone at the Ichiriki?
2. What is the name of the dance Sayuri performs that moves the Chairman to tears?
3. How long does Nobu say he has known Sayuri?
4. What does Sayuri's danna do for the okiya?
5. Why does Pumpkin say she brought the Chairman instead of Nobu to the theater?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the rumor get started that Hatsumomo has been declared mentally unstable?
2. Why doesn't Sayuri stop the Baron from undressing her at the end of chapter 22?
3. What does Sayuri realize in thinking about Satsu while living with the Arashinos?
4. What does the Minister do that so angers Nobu at the end of chapter 32?
5. What happens when Sayuri watches Mameha dance at the performance of "Dances of the Old Capital"?
6. What does Sayuri think about on her way to Hakone?
7. What does Sayuri say at the end of the novel about how passion fades?
8. Describe Sayuri's encounter with Yasuda Akira and what she learns from it.
9. What do Sayuri and Nobu discuss when they see each other again after so many years in chapter 28?
10. Why doesn't Nobu like the Baron?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
List several of the elements of style used by Arthur Golden throughout the novel and explain how they support the novel's major themes.
Essay Topic 2
Explain what is meant by the term "self-made man", which characteristics such a person might have, and why the characters of both Nobu and the Chairman fit into this category.
Essay Topic 3
Just prior to Chiyo being made an apprentice, Mameha teaches her something and then asks her to put it into practice on the street. Explain what Mameha has taught Chiyo and why this is important for Chiyo to be able to do as a geisha.
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