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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 what percent of the population were farmers in the mid-nineteenth century in Japan?
(a) 97.
(b) 25.
(c) 80.
(d) 50.

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

3. Who was a mere puppet?
(a) The Head of the Council.
(b) Amaterasu.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The most powerful Shogun.

4. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?
(a) Will Adams.
(b) William Johnson.
(c) Francis Drake.
(d) John Jakes.

5. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?
(a) The British and French.
(b) The Italian.
(c) The Russians and French.
(d) The Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Komei?

2. What was the period in Japan called during the era that Perry arrived?

3. What could merchants buy?

4. What Shoguns ruled Japan when Perry arrived?

5. What was the Emperor required to study?

(see the answer key)

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