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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what are the Americans impressed?
(a) How kind the Japanese people are.
(b) The beauty of the city from the harbor.
(c) The numbers of their army.
(d) The strict protocol they followed.

2. What are two exports the United States is hoping to gain from Japan?
(a) Coal and whale oil.
(b) Whale oil and jade.
(c) Fish and coal.
(d) Fish and jade.

3. Where did four enormous ships appear at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Off the coast of Saipan.
(b) Near Seoul.
(c) Off the coast of Shimoda.
(d) Off the coast of Tokyo.

4. To whom did the Shoguns send a copy of the letter that Commodore Perry brought?
(a) No one; they did not want the contents to be known.
(b) The Dutch traders.
(c) The daimyos.
(d) The Governor of each district.

5. Why were the feudal lords required to leave their wives and children in Edo?
(a) As hostages.
(b) So they could learn proper manners.
(c) They did not have to leave them if they did not want to.
(d) Because of the lawlessness throughout Japan.

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

7. What could the samurai do to commoners for disrespect?
(a) Whip them.
(b) Imprison them for set times.
(c) Fine them.
(d) Kill them on the spot.

8. Who was Amaterasu?
(a) The sun goddess.
(b) The moon goddess.
(c) The sun god.
(d) The god of the stars.

9. Who was a mere puppet?
(a) Amaterasu.
(b) The Head of the Council.
(c) The most powerful Shogun.
(d) The Emperor.

10. What was special about Edo?
(a) It had magicians who could work magic to rid the place of the ships.
(b) It was where the largest army in the world was stationed.
(c) It had thousands of underground hallways where many people could hide.
(d) It was the largest city in the world at that time.

11. What was the period in Japan called during the era that Perry arrived?
(a) The Great Uprising.
(b) The Great River Ran.
(c) The Great Peace.
(d) The Sun Peace.

12. What warned people to flee?
(a) The local militia.
(b) The men who got off the ship.
(c) The priests of the temple.
(d) Temple bells ringing.

13. What did the Shogun do?
(a) Protected the nation.
(b) Not much; it was mainly a ceremonial rank.
(c) Dispensed justice.
(d) Carried out the Emperor's orders.

14. Why is Shogun Ieyoshi depressed?
(a) Because he is dying.
(b) Because he had been ignored.
(c) Because his wife has just died.
(d) Because his son has just died.

15. Who were not even counted in the census?
(a) No one.
(b) Untouchables.
(c) Foreigners who married Japanese.
(d) Japanese who married foreigners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the rulers deliberately preserve in Japan?

2. What was the Japanese contact with the outside world prior to the 17th century?

3. What was the Emperor required to study?

4. What did the rich shopkeepers live modestly?

5. What were the Japanese "war correspondents" doing the next morning?

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