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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. About how many naval men were aboard the ships?
(a) 250.
(b) 560.
(c) 150.
(d) 1000.

2. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?
(a) He was basically a figurehead.
(b) He hated Westerners.
(c) He was a young boy.
(d) He was dead.

3. What are two exports the United States is hoping to gain from Japan?
(a) Coal and whale oil.
(b) Whale oil and jade.
(c) Fish and coal.
(d) Fish and jade.

4. What do the people wonder that the ships might mysteriously be pushing to shore?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A raging dragon.
(c) Active volcanoes.
(d) A huge oven of fire.

5. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?
(a) The city fell into chaos.
(b) The people all calmly gathered to pray.
(c) The Emperor decided to go meet the ships.
(d) The Emperor dispatches a huge army to meet the ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the meeting with the Shogun like for the Dutch?

2. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?

3. What did the Japanese have no knowledge of?

4. What could merchants buy?

5. How many families could live there at a time?

(see the answer key)

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