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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4, Aliens Arrive, The Black Ships of the Evil Men, His High and Might Mysteriousness, Landing on Sacred Soil (The Audience Hall).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Edo?
(a) The capital of China.
(b) The large city where the ships landed.
(c) The capital of Korea.
(d) The capital of Japan.

2. What type of structure did Japan have at this time?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Constitutional monarchy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Feudal.

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

4. Who was Komei?
(a) The head priest.
(b) The Shogun to the Emperor.
(c) The head of the Emperor's council.
(d) The Emperor.

5. 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 could not outrun the ships.
(d) They didn't have any war ships of their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry do when the Japanese tried to board?

2. Who was Nakajima?

3. How many troops were quickly rallied?

4. With what are the Americans impressed?

5. What was Kayama pretending to be?

(see the answer key)

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