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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16, The Treaty, Excursions on Land and Sea, Shore Leave, In the Wake of the Black Ships, Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did the Shoguns send a copy of the letter that Commodore Perry brought?
(a) The Governor of each district.
(b) The Dutch traders.
(c) The daimyos.
(d) No one; they did not want the contents to be known.

2. When was Japan last at war?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1621.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1597.

3. What was one of the characteristics of this era in question #73?
(a) The arts flourished.
(b) The peasants often were able to move into the upper classes.
(c) There was much fighting among the Shogun families.
(d) The wars kept the food supplies scant.

4. What are the American ships ordered to do?
(a) Pay for the opportunity to see the Emperor.
(b) Wait until the Emperor summoned them.
(c) Return to the United States immediately.
(d) Go to Nagasaki and use the Dutch as go-betweens.

5. What do many historians think of Manjiro's influence?
(a) That Manjiro was too close to the situation to effect change.
(b) That it kept Japan isolated for a lot longer than necessary.
(c) He is not mentioned.
(d) Positive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the book open?

2. What were the Dutch and formerly Christian Japanese forced to do?

3. When did the Shogun die?

4. When could the Dutch leave the island?

5. Who arrived in Japan 15 days after Commodore Perry left?

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