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

2. What do the fishermen do as the ships are coming in?
(a) Try to get a spy on board the ships.
(b) Come to shore quickly.
(c) Set fire to one of the alien ships.
(d) Try to attack the ships.

3. When was Japan last at war?
(a) 1621.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1597.
(d) 1810.

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

5. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?
(a) The people all calmly gathered to pray.
(b) The city fell into chaos.
(c) The Emperor decided to go meet the ships.
(d) The Emperor dispatches a huge army to meet the ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?

2. What were the two ships that were not steamships?

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

4. Why couldn't the Americans stay in Edo Bay?

5. Why is Shogun Ieyoshi depressed?

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