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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. What is illegal for the Emperor to do without permission of the government?
(a) Order an execution.
(b) Sign a law.
(c) Leave the palace.
(d) Get married.

2. What did the rich shopkeepers live modestly?
(a) They were taxed so much, they had little money.
(b) They were strict Buddhists.
(c) So they did not lose their stores to the government.
(d) So as not to engender envy.

3. What did the Japanese say they would give to the American ships?
(a) They would give them nothing.
(b) A reasonable time to leave Japanese waters.
(c) Coal, wood, water and other supplies.
(d) A tour of Edo before the Americans left.

4. Why is Shogun Ieyoshi depressed?
(a) Because he had been ignored.
(b) Because he is dying.
(c) Because his wife has just died.
(d) Because his son has just died.

5. What did the Japanese find odd about the Americans' eating habits?
(a) The use of glass and utensils.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Their alcohol.
(d) Not eating meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. How is the place where the enormous ships appear described?

3. When did the Shogun die?

4. What are the American ships ordered to do?

5. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?

(see the answer key)

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