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

4. How long did it take the Dutch to travel to see the head Shogun in Edo?
(a) A week each way.
(b) Several days each way.
(c) Two weeks each way.
(d) A month each way.

5. What did the rich shopkeepers live modestly?
(a) They were taxed so much, they had little money.
(b) So they did not lose their stores to the government.
(c) They were strict Buddhists.
(d) So as not to engender envy.

6. About how many samurai were there in Japan when Perry arrived?
(a) 350,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 210,000.
(d) 100,000.

7. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?
(a) Shooting cannons.
(b) Waving flags.
(c) Streaming smoke.
(d) Firing muskets.

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

9. What do the native inhabitants call the two ships?
(a) God's wrath.
(b) The mountains of fire.
(c) The birds of fire.
(d) Alien ships of fire.

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

11. What is illegal for the Emperor to do without permission of the government?
(a) Order an execution.
(b) Leave the palace.
(c) Sign a law.
(d) Get married.

12. What was forbidden to the farmers?
(a) Always staying on their land.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Saki and smoking.
(d) Nothing.

13. Why did the English stop trading in 1623?
(a) It was no longer profitable.
(b) They were forced to after a Christian symbol was found on one of their traders.
(c) They had to get back home because of war.
(d) The King of England declared it illegal to trade with Japan.

14. What Shoguns ruled Japan when Perry arrived?
(a) The Yoshinaki Shoguns.
(b) The Kamakura Shoguns.
(c) The Tokugawa Shoguns.
(d) The Ieyasu Shoguns.

15. What did Commodore Perry pretend to be?
(a) An Admiral.
(b) No one but himself.
(c) A Senator.
(d) A scientist.