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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty through Twenty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Blackthorne divert attention from Toranaga in the palanquin?
(a) by pointing to the sky.
(b) by bowing low to Ishido.
(c) by feigning a fit.
(d) by doing a hornpipe dance.

2. What lie does Blackthorne continue to tell?
(a) that the Erasmus is a British ship.
(b) that he is only a deckhand.
(c) that his fleet is coming.
(d) that he comes from Argentina.

3. Where does Blackthorne find himself once again?
(a) in front of Toranaga.
(b) on the Erasmus.
(c) in a cramped prison cell
(d) on Rodrigues's galley.

4. How does Toranaga leave the palace in Osaka?
(a) disguised as a samurai.
(b) disguised as a woman.
(c) disguised as a priest.
(d) disguised as a gardener.

5. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?
(a) they row far past what a normal man would endure.
(b) they never disobey orders.
(c) they are very polite to the pilot.
(d) they work very cheaply.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Blackthorne and his men determine which of them will be executed?

2. What does Blackthorne do when he realizes he is not going to be executed?

3. What does Blackthorne suspect about the daimyo, Kasigi Yabu, Lord of Izu?

4. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?

5. When Blackthorne wakes up and finds everyone swimming, what is Toranaga wanting to do?

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