Question 1 (1 point)

Japan may brim with technology * but the 1998 Olympics took place in Nagano, a rustic domain of fragile magic.

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Question 2 (1 point)

Japan may brim with technology * however, the 1998 Olympics took place in Nagano, a rusting domain of fragile magic.

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Question 3 (1 point)

At dawn Nagano's grave walls shake with the sound of bells and gongs and clappers * and priests huddled in green robes gather around a brazier, drinking tea.

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Question 4 (1 point)

When Nagano's grave walls shake with the sound of bells and gongs and clappers * the priests huddled in green robes gather around a brazier, drinking tea.

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Question 5 (1 point)

On Nagano's southern edge is Matsushiro, a castle town of old samurai houses and the remains of a military academy * to the north is Tokagushi, a sacred, templed mountain favored by ascetics and home to a ninja museum.

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Question 6 (1 point)

On Nagano's Southern edge is Matsushiro, a castle town of old samurai houses and the remains of a military academy, and * to the North is Tokagushi, a sacred, templed mountain favored by ascetics and home to a ninja museum.

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Question 7 (1 point)

I had always wanted to attend the winter Olympics * and therefore purchased airline tickets to Nagano.

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Question 8 (1 point)

I purchased airline tickets to Nagano * because I had always wanted to attend the winter Olympics.

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Question 9 (1 point)

In Hacuba, an hour away by bus, lights shone from the slopes in the blue-gray dusk * and the Olympic jumping tracks were lit up against the mountain like bold strokes of calligraphy.

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Question 10 (1 point)

In Hacuba, an hour away by bus, lights shone from the slopes in the blue-gray dusk * moreover, the Olympic jumping tracks were lit up against the mountain like bold strokes of calligraphy.

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Question 11 (1 point)

In Nagano, a posh new five-star hotel room went for $65 a night * in Hacuba, on the other hand, an ordinary, mock-European room set me back $250.

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Question 12 (1 point)

Although in Nagano, a posh new five-star hotel room went for $65 a night * in Hacuba, an ordinary, mock-European room set me back $250.

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Question 13 (1 point)

Until recently Nagano had a modest train station specifically designed to look like a Buddhist temple * but now boasts a splashy, escalator-filled arcade with a McDonald's at both exits.

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Question 14 (1 point)

Until recently Nagano had a modest train station specifically designed to look like a Buddhist temple * but now it boasts a splashy, escalator-filled arcade with a McDonald's at both exits.

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Question 15 (1 point)

There are even more signs of modernity in today's Nagano * a Holiday Inn Express dominates the downtown skyline, and a new 150-m.p.h. bullet train puts Tokyo only 79 minutes away.

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Question 16 (1 point)

There are even more signs of modernity in today's Nagano * because a Holiday Inn Express dominates the downtown skyline, and a new 150-m.p.h. bullet train puts Tokyo only 79 minutes away.

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Question 17 (1 point)

For the outsider, a journey there still suggests a trip in time as much as in space * for Nagano also offers echoes of an older, purer world.

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Question 18 (1 point)

Because Nagano offers echoes of an older, purer world * a journey there still suggests a trip in time as much as in space.

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Question 19 (1 point)

Children there still skip rope in front of small straw huts * and people still eat raw horsemeat and pond snails and crickets.

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Question 20 (1 point)

People there still eat raw horsemeat and pond snails * while children skip rope in front of small straw huts.

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