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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kampei describe his relationship with Senzaki Yagoro?
(a) They are distant cousins.
(b) They are near strangers.
(c) They are former enemies.
(d) They are comrades in arms.

2. What is Nitta Yoshisada known for burning in his helmet?
(a) Grass.
(b) Incense.
(c) Money.
(d) Notes.

3. Why does Kaoyo tell her husband about Moronao after he tries to win her over the first time?
(a) Her husband is out of town.
(b) She likes Moronao.
(c) Moronao threatens her to keep it secret.
(d) She fears her husband.

4. Why does Kampei hunt for food in "Act Five"?
(a) Because he is bored.
(b) Because it is his new job.
(c) Because he is helping someone.
(d) Because he is poor.

5. In "Act One," where do some of the lords want Nitta Yoshisada's helmet?
(a) In the trash.
(b) Back in Nitta Yoshisada's house.
(c) In the temple.
(d) In the treasury.

6. What does Yashuchki's wife want Kakogawa Honzo Yukikuni to do about the rumors about her husband in "Act Two"?
(a) Stop them from spreading.
(b) Find the truth in them.
(c) Spread it further.
(d) Tell her the whole rumor.

7. In "Act Three," who gives Kampei a letterbox to give Lord Hangan?
(a) Moronao.
(b) Kampei's wife.
(c) Kaoyo.
(d) Lord Hangan's wife.

8. Who does Senzaki Yagoro say is helping him raise money?
(a) No one.
(b) Kaoyo.
(c) Goemon.
(d) The shogun council.

9. Why does Bannai harass Kampei's wife?
(a) Because Moronao forces him.
(b) Because he thinks she is someone else.
(c) Because he was bribed too.
(d) Because Kampei is gone.

10. What title does Enya Hangan Takasada hold?
(a) Lord.
(b) Governor.
(c) Knight.
(d) Major.

11. How does Kudayu say Goemon could have avoided the disaster between Moronao and Hangan?
(a) By bribing Moronao.
(b) By giving Moronao a better title.
(c) By having Hangan move.
(d) By fighting instead of Hangan.

12. How does Moronao feel when Honzo gives him gifts in "Act Three"?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Angry.
(d) Proud.

13. Where is the temple that Lord Takauji builds in "Act One"?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Morrona.
(c) Tsurugaoka.
(d) Chushingura.

14. How do Kakogawa Honzo Yukikuni's wife and daughter feel about the Yasuchika rumors in "Act Two"?
(a) They worry about the rumors.
(b) They don't hear the rumors.
(c) They can prove the rumors true.
(d) They laugh at the rumors.

15. What is seppuku?
(a) Giving up one's wife.
(b) Paying a fine for a crime.
(c) Dying for a wrong.
(d) Giving up one's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Act Three," why does Hangan become angry with Moronao?

2. How does Yasuchika know about Moronao and Kaoyo in "Act One"?

3. What does Lord Wakasanosuke tell Honzo will probably happen if he kills Moronao?

4. In "Act Five," what is Ono Sadakuro new role?

5. Who meets Obashi Rikiya in "Act Two"?

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