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

2. What did the Japanese who served the Dutch swear?
(a) None.
(b) Not to give away any of the traders secrets.
(c) A blood oath not to become friendly towards the traders.
(d) To protect the traders with their lives.

3. What was Kayama pretending to be?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The head priest.
(c) Governor.
(d) The local police chief.

4. About what time did the American ships finally anchor in Edo Bay?
(a) 7 pm.
(b) About 5 am the next day.
(c) 5 pm.
(d) Midnight.

5. Why couldn't the Americans stay in Edo Bay?
(a) It was against Japanese law.
(b) They were not invited.
(c) They were polluting it.
(d) They were scaring the fish and depriving the city of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Japanese have no knowledge of?

2. Why were the feudal lords required to leave their wives and children in Edo?

3. What were the two ships that were not steamships?

4. What do the fishermen do as the ships are coming in?

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

(see the answer key)

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