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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 did the people not know existed?
(a) Caucasians.
(b) Ships that could sail so close to land.
(c) Steamboats.
(d) Other lands.

2. Who finally came to one of the parties between the Japanese and Americans?
(a) Kayama.
(b) The Shogun.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The head Samurai.

3. What were the Mississippi and Susquehanna?
(a) The units deployed with the ships.
(b) Two top sailing vessels.
(c) The two merchant vessels who came along with the military vessels.
(d) Two steamboats.

4. What did those in favor of trade want from the West?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their knowledge of the natural world.
(c) Their science, industry and wealth from trade.
(d) Their literature and poetry.

5. What did Hayashi claim to Commodore Perry?
(a) The Americans did not understand Japanese culture.
(b) That the Japanese respected the dignity of human life.
(c) The Japanese were more than happy to trade with the Americans.
(d) The Americans were the agressors coming to Japanese waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the main missions of Commodore Perry's trip to Japan?

2. What did the Japanese find odd about the Americans' eating habits?

3. What did the Americans do that really impressed the Japanese?

4. What was the Japanese contact with the outside world prior to the 17th century?

5. What did Commodore Perry demand about the building the Japanese built for negotiations?

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