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Quiz about Arthur Goldens Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha" Quiz

Before it was a movie, "Memoirs of a Geisha" was a celebrated book written by Arthur Golden.

A multiple-choice quiz by limabeans_BUFF. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
limabeans_BUFF

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
224,453

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

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731

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Question 1 of 20

1. Before becoming a geisha and the adopted daughter of Mother, Sayuri's last name was what? Hint

Yamamoto

Nitta

Sakamoto

Awajiumi

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Question 2 of 20

2. What part of Sayuri's name meant "together"? Hint

Say

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Question 3 of 20

3. What was Pumpkin's new name after becoming an apprentice geisha?

Answer: (One Word-beginning of her sister's name)

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Question 4 of 20

4. What did Hatsumomo call Nobu? Hint

Mr. Potato Face

Mr. Lizard

Mr. Boil

Mr. Ugly

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Question 5 of 20

5. What color of kimono was it that Chiyo had to destroy? Hint

blue with lines of ivory, trout jumping in the stream, gold where the green leaves touched

shades of brown and gold, with golds and rusts in a pattern like fallen leaves

shades of green, with a vine that had red leaves

yellow with willowy branches, green and orange leaves

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Question 6 of 20

6. What did Hatsumomo call Chiyo? Hint

Miss Little Stupid Girl

Little Stupid Girl

Little Miss Stupid

Stupid Little Girl

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Question 7 of 20

7. What did Chiyo supposedly steal from Hatsumomo? Hint

brooch

jewels

make-up

kimono

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Question 8 of 20

8. How did Chiyo try to escape from the okiya? Hint

from the roof

down the drainpipe

through the front door

through the window

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Question 9 of 20

9. What was the name of the jorou-ya where Chiyo's sister was placed when Mr. Tanaka sent them away? Hint

Miyagawa-cho

Tatsuyo

Mizuki

Yoroido

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Question 10 of 20

10. How old was Sayuri when she was finally introduced as an apprentice geisha? Hint

fourteen

eighteen

fifteen

seventeen

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Question 11 of 20

11. What was the name of the building that the Chairman set up for Sayuri northeast of Kyoto? Hint

Arashino

Higashi-oji

Eishin-an

Shirakawa

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Question 12 of 20

12. How much money did Sayuri's mizuage cost? Hint

10,500

7,000

11, 500

8,000

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Question 13 of 20

13. What did Hatsumomo steal from Sayuri that she ended up having to find a way to get it back? Hint

money

notebook

kimono

obi

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Question 14 of 20

14. What was was the gift that Nobu gave Sayuri that was "part of him"? Hint

cement from his destroyed workplace

a kimono

his mother's ruby

a necklace

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Question 15 of 20

15. What is the Chairman's true name?

Answer: (Two Words: Barbie and ________, both first and last name)

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Question 16 of 20

16. Where did Sayuri end up in the end of the book? Hint

New York

Kyoto

Gion

Amami

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Question 17 of 20

17. True or False: Pumpkin never worked factory, but did work as a prostitute.

True

False

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Question 18 of 20

18. Where was it that Sayuri seduced the Minister? Hint

Amami

Hanami-cho

Okinawa

Kyoto

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who did Pumpkin bring to walk in on Sayuri and the Minister? Hint

Nobu

the General

Mother

the Chairman

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Question 20 of 20

20. How many daugters does the Chairman have? Hint

none

three

two

one

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Before becoming a geisha and the adopted daughter of Mother, Sayuri's last name was what?

Answer: Sakamoto

Sakamoto Chiyo was the name that was given to her at birth, but her first name was changed by Mameha when she became an apprentice geisha. Her last name was changed to Nitta when Mother adopted her.

2. What part of Sayuri's name meant "together"?

Answer: Sa

Mameha went to the fortune teller in order to decide what to call Chiyo.

3. What was Pumpkin's new name after becoming an apprentice geisha?

Answer: Hatsumiyo

While this was her new name, everyone called her Pumpkin because of her oval face. This name was given to her by Chiyo. Hatsumomo was her older sister; therefore, the beginning of her new name was "Hatsu".

4. What did Hatsumomo call Nobu?

Answer: Mr. Lizard

She always had an inappropriate name for people that did not match her beauty, Mr. Lizard was one of them.

5. What color of kimono was it that Chiyo had to destroy?

Answer: shades of green, with a vine that had red leaves

Chiyo was forced to spread ink all over the magnificent kimono as a terrible joke from Hatsumomo.

6. What did Hatsumomo call Chiyo?

Answer: Little Miss Stupid

She often called Chiyo Little Miss Stupid as a sign of distaste for the younger girl.

7. What did Chiyo supposedly steal from Hatsumomo?

Answer: brooch

While she was said to have stolen the brooch, in all truth, Hatsumomo set her up.

8. How did Chiyo try to escape from the okiya?

Answer: from the roof

She tried to escape from the roof but ended up falling and breaking her arm.

9. What was the name of the jorou-ya where Chiyo's sister was placed when Mr. Tanaka sent them away?

Answer: Tatsuyo

Chiyo's sister was sent to the jorou-ya Tatsuyo. A jorou-ya is a place of prostitution.

10. How old was Sayuri when she was finally introduced as an apprentice geisha?

Answer: fourteen

Sayuri was fourteen when she was introduced as an apprentice geisha, and she was such until she turned eighteen, then she would be a true geisha.

11. What was the name of the building that the Chairman set up for Sayuri northeast of Kyoto?

Answer: Eishin-an

Eishin-an means "Prosperous Truth Retreat."

12. How much money did Sayuri's mizuage cost?

Answer: 11, 500

The money that Sayuri got for her mizuage was considered the highest amount until 1951.

13. What did Hatsumomo steal from Sayuri that she ended up having to find a way to get it back?

Answer: notebook

Hatsumomo stole the notebook from Sayuri's new room and was going to tell Mother of it. The notebook contained Sayuri's hidden secrets and feelings and she had to find a way to get it back. She did such, and ended up getting the upper hand with Hatsumomo.

14. What was was the gift that Nobu gave Sayuri that was "part of him"?

Answer: cement from his destroyed workplace

In exchange for a fan that meant something dear to Sayuri, Nobu gave her the cement block that came from his bomb-destroyed building.

15. What is the Chairman's true name?

Answer: Iwamura Ken

They only mention his name once or twice. Sayuri usually only mentions him as the Chairman.

16. Where did Sayuri end up in the end of the book?

Answer: New York

Sayuri opened up a tea shop in New York so that she could be closer to the Chairman, as well as a few other reasons.

17. True or False: Pumpkin never worked factory, but did work as a prostitute.

Answer: False

Pumpkin worked at a lens factory as well as working as a prostitute for two years.

18. Where was it that Sayuri seduced the Minister?

Answer: Amami

Sayuri had to seduce the Minister so that she didn't have to have Nobu as her danna, her patron, and would be free to be with the Chairman.

19. Who did Pumpkin bring to walk in on Sayuri and the Minister?

Answer: the Chairman

Pumpkin was supposed to bring in Nobu, but since Pumpkin felt great anger towards Sayuri, she betrayed her and brought the Chairman instead.

20. How many daugters does the Chairman have?

Answer: two

The Chairman had two daughters but no son. Throughout the end of the book, Sayuri mentions more than once that there might have been a son fathered on her, but she never truly admitted it.

Source: Author limabeans_BUFF

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