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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Shogun die?
(a) He was still alive the next time Perry went to Japan.
(b) Ten months after Commodore Perry left.
(c) Five days before Commodore Perry left.
(d) Ten days after Commodore Perry left.

2. What did the Americans undervalue of the Japanese gifts?
(a) Silks and porcelein.
(b) Canaries.
(c) Swords.
(d) Poems from famous Japanese poets.

3. What did the Japanese do as the Americans passed by?
(a) Raised their right hands.
(b) Booed.
(c) Bowed.
(d) Made clicking noises with their tongues.

4. What would be built at the place where the Americans landed?
(a) A trading marketplace.
(b) Barracks.
(c) A Treaty House.
(d) A small palace for Commodore Perry.

5. What did the Japanese first say to Commodore Perry's request for a treaty?
(a) Some time stipulations would have to be put into place.
(b) American requests were forbidden by the laws of their ancestors.
(c) They burned the treaty request in front of the Americans.
(d) The request looked agreeable.

6. What enchanted Abigail about the Japanese?
(a) Their literacy rate.
(b) Their religious fervor.
(c) Their manners.
(d) Their health.

7. How did the people of Shimoda respond to Perry's arrival?
(a) They were terrified.
(b) They were uncooperative.
(c) They came out happily to greet the ships.
(d) They were agressive.

8. What surprised the Japanese about a U.S. consul?
(a) The consul brought his wife with him.
(b) The Americans did not want to send any consuls to Japan.
(c) One arrived in Edo.
(d) The consul was a woman.

9. Who was Sam Patch?
(a) Commodore Perry's steward.
(b) The bosun mate on Commodore Perry's ship.
(c) The cook for most of the parties.
(d) A Japanese American.

10. How many Japanese commissioners met Commodore Perry and his group?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. What did Commodore Perry do for the Japanese on his ship?
(a) Gave them many gifts.
(b) Threw a party.
(c) Gave them first rights in trade contracts.
(d) Taught them English.

12. Who arrived in Japan 15 days after Commodore Perry left?
(a) An American senator from Pennsylvania.
(b) The first American tourists.
(c) An American senator from California.
(d) A native American Indian.

13. Why does Perry decide to move forward with plans to return to Japan?
(a) He was ordered to do so by the President of the United States.
(b) He was paid a handsome commission by some investors.
(c) Seeing other ships approaching Japan.
(d) He received a letter from the Shogun inviting him back.

14. Who returned to negotiate with Commodore Perry?
(a) The Emperer.
(b) Shogun Ieyoshi.
(c) Sumarai Koyohito.
(d) Kayama.

15. How did the Japanese and Americans threaten each other?
(a) In subtle ways.
(b) By firing cannons towards each other, though both were out of range.
(c) Neither side threatened the other.
(d) With open shows of armed might.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Commodore Perry's arrival initiate?

2. What did the Emperor do after 1872?

3. When did the Japanese say they would open a harbor?

4. What was Perry concerned about regarding the Shogun?

5. When did the Japanese and Commodore Perry sign a treaty?

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