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

2. How many people lived in Edo?
(a) Over a million.
(b) Over 100,000.
(c) About 44 thousand.
(d) About 500,000.

3. What stunned the Japanese about the sailors?
(a) Some were women.
(b) Some were Chinese.
(c) How many there were.
(d) Some were black.

4. Who was Amaterasu?
(a) The sun goddess.
(b) The moon goddess.
(c) The sun god.
(d) The god of the stars.

5. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?
(a) Drawing pictures of the officers in charge.
(b) Drawing pictures of the ships.
(c) Waiting by one American ship for permission to board.
(d) Interviewing some of the lower-ranked officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the rumors about devils with white faces?

2. What is illegal for the Emperor to do without permission of the government?

3. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. What did Commodore Perry pretend to be?

5. When was Japan last at war?

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