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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. When could the Dutch leave the island?
(a) Only with special permission.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Whenever they wanted to.
(d) During the three great festivals of the year.

2. What was the Japanese contact with the outside world prior to the 17th century?
(a) The author does not say.
(b) Totally closed.
(c) The outside world had not yet discovered Japan.
(d) More open and they traded with a number of countries.

3. What language could Yenosuke speak fluently?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Russian.
(d) Dutch.

4. Who was Nakajima?
(a) An interpreter.
(b) A vice-governor of Uraga.
(c) An American sailor born in Japan.
(d) The Emperor's First Councilor.

5. Under what conditions could the Dutch and English trade with the Japanese after the death of Shogun Ieyasu?
(a) As long as the Emperor received 50 percent of the profits.
(b) As long as they did not proselytize.
(c) As long as the products was nothing the Japanese produced.
(d) Under no conditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry still not understand even after help from the Dutch?

2. How did the Japanese slowly become after the English quit trading?

3. What happened in Edo when the messengers arrived?

4. What did the Japanese promise about American ships wrecked off Japan's coast?

5. What will the U.S. get compared to other nations in the future?

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