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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12, The Black Ships Return, The Treaty House, An Array of Gifts, The Grand Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally came to one of the parties between the Japanese and Americans?
(a) Kayama.
(b) The head Samurai.
(c) The Shogun.
(d) The Emperor.

2. What did the Japanese find odd about the Americans' eating habits?
(a) Not eating meat.
(b) The use of glass and utensils.
(c) Eating meat.
(d) Their alcohol.

3. What was the meeting with the Shogun like for the Dutch?
(a) Futile.
(b) Informative.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Humiliating.

4. What did Commodore Perry's ships do while negotiations were proceeding?
(a) Survey and chart the waters.
(b) They got shore leave.
(c) Fraternized with the Dutch traders.
(d) Military exercises.

5. What did the Japanese first say to Commodore Perry's request for a treaty?
(a) Some time stipulations would have to be put into place.
(b) American requests were forbidden by the laws of their ancestors.
(c) They burned the treaty request in front of the Americans.
(d) The request looked agreeable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a mere puppet?

2. What gifts did the Emperor never receive?

3. What were the Dutch and formerly Christian Japanese forced to do?

4. What was forbidden to the farmers?

5. What did the Japanese do with the first Englishman to arrive?

(see the answer key)

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