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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. About how many naval men were aboard the ships?
(a) 150.
(b) 560.
(c) 250.
(d) 1000.

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

3. Why is Shogun Ieyoshi depressed?
(a) Because he is dying.
(b) Because his wife has just died.
(c) Because his son has just died.
(d) Because he had been ignored.

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

5. What was the period in Japan called during the era that Perry arrived?
(a) The Great River Ran.
(b) The Sun Peace.
(c) The Great Peace.
(d) The Great Uprising.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions could the Dutch and English trade with the Japanese after the death of Shogun Ieyasu?

2. Where did messengers go as the ships were landing?

3. What were the Mississippi and Susquehanna?

4. What happened when Shogun Ieyasu died in 1616?

5. What was the Japanese contact with the outside world prior to the 17th century?

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