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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8, The Dutch Island Prison, Foreigners Forbidden, The Great Peace, Clouds Over the Land of the Rising Sun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were thought to be ruffians?
(a) The peasants.
(b) The Ronin samurai.
(c) The artisians.
(d) The daimyo.

2. What are the American ships ordered to do?
(a) Wait until the Emperor summoned them.
(b) Pay for the opportunity to see the Emperor.
(c) Return to the United States immediately.
(d) Go to Nagasaki and use the Dutch as go-betweens.

3. What did the Japanese do with the first Englishman to arrive?
(a) Eventually they killed him.
(b) They put him in prison for the rest of his life.
(c) They sent him away.
(d) Made him advisor and a samurai.

4. What was one of the main missions of Commodore Perry's trip to Japan?
(a) Information gathering.
(b) Adventure.
(c) To recruit the famous Japanese warriors.
(d) To find out if the Japanese still existed.

5. What does Commodore Perry have for the Emperor from President Fillmore?
(a) A letter.
(b) A chest of rifles.
(c) A stallion.
(d) A chest of gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry pretend to be?

2. Why is Shogun Ieyoshi depressed?

3. What did the Japanese have no knowledge of?

4. How large was the island?

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

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