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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 did the rich shopkeepers live modestly?
(a) They were taxed so much, they had little money.
(b) So as not to engender envy.
(c) They were strict Buddhists.
(d) So they did not lose their stores to the government.

2. What is illegal for the Emperor to do without permission of the government?
(a) Get married.
(b) Sign a law.
(c) Order an execution.
(d) Leave the palace.

3. What was the Emperor required to study?
(a) Sword fighting.
(b) Karate.
(c) Feng Shui.
(d) Classics and poetry.

4. What did Commodore Perry do when the Japanese tried to board?
(a) Ordered his men to keep them away.
(b) The Japanese did not yet try to board the ships.
(c) Ordered his men to help them aboard.
(d) Invited them to his quarters.

5. What were the two ships that were not steamships?
(a) One-masted ships.
(b) Five-masted ships.
(c) Three-masted ships.
(d) Tall ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops were quickly rallied?

2. Who was a mere puppet?

3. Why did the English stop trading in 1623?

4. Under what conditions could the Dutch and English trade with the Japanese after the death of Shogun Ieyasu?

5. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?

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