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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 did Perry see still approaching Japan?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The British and French.
(c) The Italian.
(d) The Russians and French.

2. What did the rulers deliberately preserve in Japan?
(a) An open policy towards foreigners.
(b) The right of the Emperor to mandate laws.
(c) Individual freedoms.
(d) Feudalism.

3. Who were not even counted in the census?
(a) No one.
(b) Foreigners who married Japanese.
(c) Untouchables.
(d) Japanese who married foreigners.

4. With what are the Americans impressed?
(a) The strict protocol they followed.
(b) The numbers of their army.
(c) How kind the Japanese people are.
(d) The beauty of the city from the harbor.

5. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Off the coast of Shimoda.
(b) Off the coast of Tokyo.
(c) Near Seoul.
(d) Off the coast of Saipan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Army of Japan look?

2. How many families could live there at a time?

3. Of what was Sam Patch afraid?

4. Why couldn't the Japanese surround the ships?

5. What did Commodore Perry want of the Japanese?

(see the answer key)

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