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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. How many troops were quickly rallied?
(a) About 100,000
(b) About 4,000.
(c) About 29,000.
(d) About 17,000.

2. What did Perry insist upon when the Japanese repeated their request that the Americans go to Nagasaki?
(a) They could not make it all that far.
(b) Perry wanted his letter answered first.
(c) They did not want to treat with the Dutch since they were at war with them.
(d) They needed a few days to get water and wood.

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

4. What were the rumors about devils with white faces?
(a) That they were kidnapping all the children.
(b) That they had guns that killed a hundred people at one shot.
(c) That they were punishment from the gods.
(d) That they would take over the country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?

2. What warned people to flee?

3. What did the Japanese have no knowledge of?

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

5. What do the fishermen do as the ships are coming in?

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