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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12, The Black Ships Return, The Treaty House, An Array of Gifts, The Grand Banquet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Perry concerned about regarding the Shogun?
(a) His death would bring in a new, more repressive Shogun.
(b) His death would cause too much instability for profitable trade.
(c) His death would Commodore Perry from returning.
(d) He would be ready for Commodore Perry's arrival next time with more soldiers.

4. What did the Japanese say they would give to the American ships?
(a) They would give them nothing.
(b) A reasonable time to leave Japanese waters.
(c) Coal, wood, water and other supplies.
(d) A tour of Edo before the Americans left.

5. How did the Japanese slowly become after the English quit trading?
(a) Extreme isolationist.
(b) More tolerant of other religions.
(c) More open to foreign trade.
(d) More set in their own religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?

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

3. Who was Amaterasu?

4. What did Hayashi claim to Commodore Perry?

5. When did Commodore Perry arrive at the agreed-upon landing area?

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