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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16, The Treaty, Excursions on Land and Sea, Shore Leave, In the Wake of the Black Ships, Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what island did the Dutch reside?
(a) Deshima.
(b) Kyūshū.
(c) Honshū.
(d) Hokkaidō.

2. What did the groups of five families have to do?
(a) Pay seventy percent of all their earnings to the daimyo.
(b) Swear allegience to each other.
(c) Go to Edo every year for census.
(d) Monitor one another's behavior.

3. What did some of the Americans collect?
(a) Silk scarves.
(b) Silk handkerchiefs.
(c) Flowers, plants and seaweeds.
(d) Samurai swords.

4. What horrified the Japanese about the Americans?
(a) Their table manners.
(b) Their protests about the suicides.
(c) That the Americans wore swords to the table.
(d) That the Americans took pictures of the Emperor.

5. What happened on April 10, 1854?
(a) Commodore Perry was presented with a solid gold etching.
(b) Commodore Perry turned 40.
(c) Commodore Perry turned 60.
(d) Commodore Perry turned 70.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Komei?

2. How long did it take the Dutch to travel to see the head Shogun in Edo?

3. What would the Japanese officers give American ships?

4. Why couldn't the Americans stay in Edo Bay?

5. Why did the English stop trading in 1623?

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