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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 was Nakajima?
(a) An American sailor born in Japan.
(b) A vice-governor of Uraga.
(c) The Emperor's First Councilor.
(d) An interpreter.

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

3. What was forbidden to the farmers?
(a) Always staying on their land.
(b) Saki and smoking.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Marriage.

4. What do the people wonder that the ships might mysteriously be pushing to shore?
(a) Active volcanoes.
(b) A huge oven of fire.
(c) A raging dragon.
(d) Nothing.

5. What was Kayama pretending to be?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Governor.
(c) The head priest.
(d) The local police chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comprised the lower class in the cities?

2. What was the smaller of the two swords that a samurai carried used for?

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

4. What was Edo?

5. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?

(see the answer key)

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