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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8, The Dutch Island Prison, Foreigners Forbidden, The Great Peace, Clouds Over the Land of the Rising Sun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Nakajima?
(a) The Emperor's First Councilor.
(b) A vice-governor of Uraga.
(c) An American sailor born in Japan.
(d) An interpreter.

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

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

4. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Off the coast of Saipan.
(b) Off the coast of Shimoda.
(c) Near Seoul.
(d) Off the coast of Tokyo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the English stop trading in 1623?

2. What did Perry insist upon when the Japanese repeated their request that the Americans go to Nagasaki?

3. How did the Japanese slowly become after the English quit trading?

4. What did the groups of five families have to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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