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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. Where did the Japanese want the Americans to land?
(a) Somewhere where the Japanese would feel safe.
(b) At the far end of Nagasaki harbor.
(c) They did not want them to land at all.
(d) At the western end of Edo Harbor wharf.

2. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?
(a) He was dead.
(b) He was basically a figurehead.
(c) He was a young boy.
(d) He hated Westerners.

3. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?
(a) The Emperor decided to go meet the ships.
(b) The Emperor dispatches a huge army to meet the ships.
(c) The city fell into chaos.
(d) The people all calmly gathered to pray.

4. When did the Shogun end relations with the Spanish and Portuguese?
(a) Never.
(b) When Commodore Perry arrived.
(c) About ten years after they arrived.
(d) When they were at war with England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry want of the Japanese?

2. When did Spanish Jesuits settle in Japan?

3. To whom did the Shoguns send a copy of the letter that Commodore Perry brought?

4. What did the Japanese who served the Dutch swear?

5. What did the rulers deliberately preserve in Japan?

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