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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Ido and Toda say nothing at the meeting with Perry?
(a) They did not like Admiral Perry.
(b) They were not authorized to speak for the Emperor.
(c) It is illegal to speak to foreigners.
(d) They did not know English.

3. Who was the first Englishman to arrive in Japan?
(a) William Johnson.
(b) John Jakes.
(c) Francis Drake.
(d) Will Adams.

4. What was one of the main missions of Commodore Perry's trip to Japan?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Information gathering.
(c) To find out if the Japanese still existed.
(d) To recruit the famous Japanese warriors.

5. What did the Japanese who served the Dutch swear?
(a) Not to give away any of the traders secrets.
(b) To protect the traders with their lives.
(c) A blood oath not to become friendly towards the traders.
(d) None.

6. What did Commodore Perry still not understand even after help from the Dutch?
(a) The cultural and social structure of the Japanese.
(b) Why the other countries gave up on trading with the Japanese.
(c) Why the Dutch did not resist the strictly-regulated relations with the Japanese.
(d) Who the Emperor favored.

7. When was Japan last at war?
(a) 1621.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1597.

8. What did the people not know existed?
(a) Caucasians.
(b) Steamboats.
(c) Ships that could sail so close to land.
(d) Other lands.

9. Who is Manjiro?
(a) The Emperor's brother.
(b) The Emperor's son.
(c) The head Shogun's samurai bodyguard.
(d) A Japanese who spent time in the United States.

10. Who was Komei?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The head of the Emperor's council.
(c) The Shogun to the Emperor.
(d) The head priest.

11. What were the rumors about devils with white faces?
(a) That they were punishment from the gods.
(b) That they had guns that killed a hundred people at one shot.
(c) That they were kidnapping all the children.
(d) That they would take over the country.

12. When did the Portuguese arrive?
(a) 1542.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1742.

13. Where did messengers go as the ships were landing?
(a) Edo.
(b) Seoul.
(c) To Mount Fiji to ask the oracle what to do.
(d) Peking.

14. What did the Japanese have no knowledge of?
(a) The value of their goods.
(b) Modern Medicine.
(c) How backward their society was.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

15. Who were thought to be ruffians?
(a) The Ronin samurai.
(b) The artisians.
(c) The peasants.
(d) The daimyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is illegal for the Emperor to do without permission of the government?

2. Who was Amaterasu?

3. What was one of the characteristics of this era in question #73?

4. What did Commodore Perry not know about the Emperor?

5. When does the lead shogun learn the news of the arrival of the ships?

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