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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 are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?
(a) Waving flags.
(b) Firing muskets.
(c) Shooting cannons.
(d) Streaming smoke.

2. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?
(a) A stallion.
(b) A chest of gold.
(c) A chest of rifles.
(d) A letter.

3. Why couldn't the Japanese surround the ships?
(a) They did not have enough manpower.
(b) They didn't want to surround the burning ships and catch their ships on fire.
(c) They didn't have any war ships of their own.
(d) They could not outrun the ships.

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

5. Who were thought to be ruffians?
(a) The artisians.
(b) The Ronin samurai.
(c) The daimyo.
(d) The peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Manjiro assure the Shogun?

2. About how many naval men were aboard the ships?

3. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?

4. Who is Manjiro?

5. What did the Japanese do with the first Englishman to arrive?

(see the answer key)

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