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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. What did the merchants fail to do after being in Shimoda for three months?
(a) Establish a trading post.
(b) Interest the Japanese in their goods.
(c) Get any Japanese to talk to them.
(d) Find an interpreter.

2. On what island did the Dutch reside?
(a) Honshū.
(b) Kyūshū.
(c) Hokkaidō.
(d) Deshima.

3. What was surprising about the Japanese behavior?
(a) They did not wear any weapons in the Americans' presence.
(b) Nothing that the author mentioned.
(c) That they were so much more gracious to the Americans than the Dutch.
(d) They were so tolerant after so many years of isolation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Commodore Perry permitted to do?

2. What was handed to Commodore Perry?

3. What was one thing that was excellent about Shimoda?

4. What was another reason Perry was happy with the treaty?

5. What stunned the Japanese about the sailors?

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