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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 did the Japanese do with the first Englishman to arrive?
(a) Made him advisor and a samurai.
(b) They sent him away.
(c) Eventually they killed him.
(d) They put him in prison for the rest of his life.

2. How many Japanese commissioners met Commodore Perry and his group?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

3. What did Hayashi claim to Commodore Perry?
(a) The Japanese were more than happy to trade with the Americans.
(b) The Americans were the agressors coming to Japanese waters.
(c) The Americans did not understand Japanese culture.
(d) That the Japanese respected the dignity of human life.

4. What did the Japanese say about shipwrecked American sailors?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They would be treated well.
(c) They would be confined but not killed.
(d) They would be transported to the closest American ally.

5. What is the name of knights in Japan?
(a) Shogun.
(b) Defenders of the Emperor.
(c) Samurai.
(d) Dragons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry do for the Japanese on his ship?

2. How large was the island?

3. How many troops were quickly rallied?

4. What was special about Edo?

5. What do the people wonder that the ships might mysteriously be pushing to shore?

(see the answer key)

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