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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. On the way to Osaka, what does Blackthorne do while Rodrigues naps?
(a) talks to the priest.
(b) tries to escape.
(c) watches Yabu.
(d) pilots the galley.

2. Who has instructions to answer every question except those related to politics?
(a) Martin Alvito
(b) Hiro-matsu
(c) Mariko
(d) Rodrigues

3. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?
(a) a Frenchman named LaSalle.
(b) a Portuguese named Vasco Rodrigues.
(c) a Chinese named Li Wang.
(d) an Englishman named Hyde-White.

4. How does Blackthorne realize he is not going to be executed?
(a) they take him out of the prison courtyard.
(b) they tell him in Portuguese.
(c) they give him a bath and new clothes.
(d) they give him a musket.

5. Who does Yokodo tell Toranaga he should marry?
(a) Mariko.
(b) Yaemon's mother, Ochiba.
(c) his chief consort.
(d) the young widow of Hiro-matsu's grandson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Suwa know plans to kill Yabu one day?

2. What is the subject matter of the Prologue?

3. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?

4. Why does Toranaga not take the galley for his escape?

5. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?

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