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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Amakawaya Gihei say he is working to help protect the samurai in "Act Ten"?
(a) He uses a code.
(b) He started using black boxes.
(c) He fired employees.
(d) He trades only with samurai.

2. Why does Amakawaya Gihei sign divorce papers?
(a) To save money.
(b) To keep his wife away.
(c) To protect him from her father.
(d) Because he is forced at gun point.

3. In "Act Seven," how do Kudayu and Bannai plan on sobering up Yuranosuke?
(a) By force.
(b) With a potion.
(c) By ignoring him.
(d) With water.

4. Who sends Yuranosuke a letter in "Act Seven"?
(a) Bannai.
(b) Kaoyo.
(c) Moronao.
(d) Rikiya.

5. How does Bannai describe Yuranosuke to Kudayu in "Act Seven"?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Honorless.
(c) Old.
(d) Troublesome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Amakawaya Gihei's father-in-law want him to divorce his daughter?

2. What role does Heiemon say he played in Hangan's court?

3. What does Oishi attack Honzo with?

4. What does Yuranosuke learn from his son in "Act Seven"?

5. Why does Tonase show her husband's sword to Rikiya's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tonase try to protect her daughter's engagement in "Act Nine"?

2. Why does Heiemon wish to meet with Yuranosuke in "Act Seven"?

3. In "Act Six," how does Okaru try to help her husband?

4. Why does Okaru ask to kill herself in "Act Seven"?

5. Why does Goemon refuse to let Kampei help with the monument in "Act Six"?

6. How does Yuranosuke act foolishly in "Act Seven"?

7. How does Amakawaya Gihei respond to being tricked by Yuranosuke?

8. Why does Amakawaya Gihei give his wife divorce papers?

9. What happens after Moronao is beheaded?

10. What is the truth behind the police in "Act Ten"?

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