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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12, The Black Ships Return, The Treaty House, An Array of Gifts, The Grand Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comprised the lower class in the cities?
(a) The priests.
(b) The house servants.
(c) The untouchables.
(d) Artisans and merchants and craftsmen.

2. What did the Sumo wrestlers do to demonstrate their strength?
(a) Lifted kegs of American whiskey.
(b) Lifted huge bales of rice.
(c) Cracked huge blocks of stone.
(d) Lifted a ship's anchor.

3. Why were the feudal lords required to leave their wives and children in Edo?
(a) They did not have to leave them if they did not want to.
(b) Because of the lawlessness throughout Japan.
(c) So they could learn proper manners.
(d) As hostages.

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

5. What did Commodore Perry still not understand even after help from the Dutch?
(a) Why the Dutch did not resist the strictly-regulated relations with the Japanese.
(b) Who the Emperor favored.
(c) Why the other countries gave up on trading with the Japanese.
(d) The cultural and social structure of the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Commodore Perry and the Japanese decide that the Americans could land?

2. Why does Perry decide to move forward with plans to return to Japan?

3. Who was Captain Joel Abbot?

4. When did the Portuguese arrive?

5. How many troops were quickly rallied?

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