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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who entertained the Commodore and his staff on the tour?
(a) The owner of the factory.
(b) One of the mayors.
(c) A Buddhist monk.
(d) The captain of the ship.

2. What did the Japanese promise about American ships wrecked off Japan's coast?
(a) They would leave them be.
(b) Help and protection.
(c) Nothing was said about that.
(d) The money from the salvage of the ships would be turned over to the American owners.

3. When did Commodore Perry arrive at the agreed-upon landing area?
(a) April 1.
(b) June 2.
(c) March 1.
(d) March 30.

4. What did the people of Shimoda do for the American sailors?
(a) Let them bathe in the public baths.
(b) Open their geisha houses.
(c) Let them eat in some private homes.
(d) Arranged a bazaar so the men could buy souvenirs.

5. What surprised the Japanese about a U.S. consul?
(a) The consul was a woman.
(b) One arrived in Edo.
(c) The consul brought his wife with him.
(d) The Americans did not want to send any consuls to Japan.

6. What did Commodore Perry do for the Japanese on his ship?
(a) Threw a party.
(b) Gave them many gifts.
(c) Gave them first rights in trade contracts.
(d) Taught them English.

7. Who was Abigail Jernegan?
(a) A British missionary who had been in Hakodate for years.
(b) The first foreign woman to land in Japan.
(c) A female nurse aboard Commodore Perry's ship.
(d) An American journalist.

8. When did the Japanese say they would open a harbor?
(a) In five years.
(b) In fifteen years.
(c) Never.
(d) Next year.

9. When was the latest ratification that take place of the treaty?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 18 months.

10. 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 Captain who chartered the waters around Edo and who died while in Japan.
(d) The American who elected to remain in Japan.

11. What did the Japanese do as the Americans passed by?
(a) Bowed.
(b) Booed.
(c) Made clicking noises with their tongues.
(d) Raised their right hands.

12. What did the Americans undervalue of the Japanese gifts?
(a) Silks and porcelein.
(b) Swords.
(c) Canaries.
(d) Poems from famous Japanese poets.

13. How did the Japanese negotiators think they saved face?
(a) By allowing only 2 ships and 2 consuls into Edo.
(b) By not allowing ships or consuls into Edo.
(c) By not letting Commodore Perry met the Emperor.
(d) By making the Americans land at a deserted area of Japan.

14. Why does Perry decide to move forward with plans to return to Japan?
(a) He was paid a handsome commission by some investors.
(b) He received a letter from the Shogun inviting him back.
(c) Seeing other ships approaching Japan.
(d) He was ordered to do so by the President of the United States.

15. Where did the Japanese want the Americans to land?
(a) Somewhere where the Japanese would feel safe.
(b) At the far end of Nagasaki harbor.
(c) At the western end of Edo Harbor wharf.
(d) They did not want them to land at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gifts did the Emperor never receive?

2. What will the U.S. get compared to other nations in the future?

3. What did Commodore Perry demand about the building the Japanese built for negotiations?

4. What is one thing the treaty called for?

5. What was another reason Perry was happy with the treaty?

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