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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. What was Kayama pretending to be?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The head priest.
(c) The local police chief.
(d) Governor.

2. How did the Japanese slowly become after the English quit trading?
(a) Extreme isolationist.
(b) More set in their own religion.
(c) More open to foreign trade.
(d) More tolerant of other religions.

3. How many families could live there at a time?
(a) 50.
(b) 122.
(c) 12.
(d) 38.

4. How did the Dutch live while maintaining trade status with the Japanese?
(a) In very commodious quarters.
(b) Like princes.
(c) Like slaves.
(d) Frugally but adequately.

5. Of what does Manjiro assure the Shogun?
(a) That the Americans were peaceful.
(b) That the Americans were less agressive than Europeans.
(c) That Commodore Perry is a high-ranking American.
(d) That the Americans did not want Japan's land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was special about Commodore Perry being received by the Japanese?

2. What was the smaller of the two swords that a samurai carried used for?

3. Who in the time that Perry arrived were considered unproductive?

4. What could merchants buy?

5. Who were thought to be ruffians?

(see the answer key)

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