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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. Where did Commodore Perry and the Japanese decide that the Americans could land?
(a) Fukuri.
(b) Nagasaki.
(c) Kanagawa.
(d) Harboro.

2. What was the period in Japan called during the era that Perry arrived?
(a) The Great River Ran.
(b) The Sun Peace.
(c) The Great Peace.
(d) The Great Uprising.

3. What did Commodore Perry pretend to be?
(a) No one but himself.
(b) A scientist.
(c) An Admiral.
(d) A Senator.

4. Who was Amaterasu?
(a) The sun god.
(b) The moon goddess.
(c) The god of the stars.
(d) The sun goddess.

5. Who was Captain Joel Abbot?
(a) The American selected to deliver the gifts.
(b) The Captain who chartered the waters around Edo and who died while in Japan.
(c) The American who elected to remain in Japan.
(d) The only American killed during the stay in Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Edo?

2. Who were thought to be ruffians?

3. Who comprised the lower class in the cities?

4. Why were the feudal lords required to leave their wives and children in Edo?

5. What Shoguns ruled Japan when Perry arrived?

(see the answer key)

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