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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16, The Treaty, Excursions on Land and Sea, Shore Leave, In the Wake of the Black Ships, Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who returned to negotiate with Commodore Perry?
(a) Shogun Ieyoshi.
(b) Kayama.
(c) Sumarai Koyohito.
(d) The Emperer.

3. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?
(a) Interviewing some of the lower-ranked officers.
(b) Drawing pictures of the officers in charge.
(c) Waiting by one American ship for permission to board.
(d) Drawing pictures of the ships.

4. Who was Captain Joel Abbot?
(a) The only American killed during the stay in Japan.
(b) The American selected to deliver the gifts.
(c) The American who elected to remain in Japan.
(d) The Captain who chartered the waters around Edo and who died while in Japan.

5. What might the people resist upon Perry's next return?
(a) The Shogun's against their talking to the "white devils."
(b) Trading with the Americans.
(c) Receiving foreigners.
(d) Showing them their best goods rather than trading their best only with the Dutch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?

2. What did the Japanese promise about American ships wrecked off Japan's coast?

3. What did the Japanese find odd about the Americans' eating habits?

4. What group has held power for the last seven hundred years?

5. What were the rumors about devils with white faces?

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