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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. What was surprising about the Japanese behavior?
(a) They did not wear any weapons in the Americans' presence.
(b) That they were so much more gracious to the Americans than the Dutch.
(c) Nothing that the author mentioned.
(d) They were so tolerant after so many years of isolation.

2. With what were the Americans who accepted the invitation impressed about the Japanese?
(a) The gentleness the Emperor showed.
(b) The courtesy and politeness of their hosts.
(c) The incredible pagoda style buildings in Edo.
(d) The lack of fear the men who commited suicide showed.

3. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?
(a) The British and French.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Russians and French.
(d) The Italian.

4. What did Commodore Perry do when the Japanese tried to board?
(a) The Japanese did not yet try to board the ships.
(b) Invited them to his quarters.
(c) Ordered his men to help them aboard.
(d) Ordered his men to keep them away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were thought to be ruffians?

2. What could the samurai do to commoners for disrespect?

3. What did the people of Hakodate give the Americans for the Washington Monument?

4. What did Commodore Perry say could start a war?

5. When was the latest ratification that take place of the treaty?

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