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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8, The Dutch Island Prison, Foreigners Forbidden, The Great Peace, Clouds Over the Land of the Rising Sun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?
(a) Francis Drake.
(b) John Jakes.
(c) William Johnson.
(d) Will Adams.

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

3. Who was Nakajima?
(a) The Emperor's First Councilor.
(b) An American sailor born in Japan.
(c) A vice-governor of Uraga.
(d) An interpreter.

4. What did many of the daimyos believe?
(a) That the Shoguns would benefit by trade.
(b) That the Emperor should rule in favor of trade.
(c) That the West was inferior and that trade would lead to the victimization of Japan.
(d) That the Americans were inferior to the Europeans.

5. What was Edo?
(a) The capital of Korea.
(b) The capital of China.
(c) The large city where the ships landed.
(d) The capital of Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the smaller of the two swords that a samurai carried used for?

2. Of what does Manjiro assure the Shogun?

3. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?

4. What was forbidden to the farmers?

5. What did Commodore Perry do when the Japanese tried to board?

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