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

2. What were the Mississippi and Susquehanna?
(a) Two top sailing vessels.
(b) The two merchant vessels who came along with the military vessels.
(c) Two steamboats.
(d) The units deployed with the ships.

3. With what are the Americans impressed?
(a) The beauty of the city from the harbor.
(b) How kind the Japanese people are.
(c) The strict protocol they followed.
(d) The numbers of their army.

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

5. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Off the coast of Saipan.
(b) Off the coast of Tokyo.
(c) Off the coast of Shimoda.
(d) Near Seoul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Shogun Ieyoshi depressed?

2. What do the native inhabitants call the two ships?

3. Why did Ido and Toda say nothing at the meeting with Perry?

4. What stunned the Japanese about the sailors?

5. How many people lived in Edo?

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