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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 Japanese who served the Dutch swear?
(a) Not to give away any of the traders secrets.
(b) A blood oath not to become friendly towards the traders.
(c) None.
(d) To protect the traders with their lives.

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

3. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?
(a) The British and French.
(b) The Russians and French.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Italian.

4. What did the Sumo wrestlers do to demonstrate their strength?
(a) Lifted a ship's anchor.
(b) Cracked huge blocks of stone.
(c) Lifted kegs of American whiskey.
(d) Lifted huge bales of rice.

5. With what were the Americans who accepted the invitation impressed about the Japanese?
(a) The gentleness the Emperor showed.
(b) The lack of fear the men who commited suicide showed.
(c) The incredible pagoda style buildings in Edo.
(d) The courtesy and politeness of their hosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what percent of the population were farmers in the mid-nineteenth century in Japan?

2. Who finally came to one of the parties between the Japanese and Americans?

3. What did Perry decide as far as Shimoda and Hakodate was concerned?

4. What did Commodore Perry's arrival initiate?

5. What was one reason Perry was happy with the treaty?

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