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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Japanese promise about American ships wrecked off Japan's coast?
(a) Help and protection.
(b) They would leave them be.
(c) Nothing was said about that.
(d) The money from the salvage of the ships would be turned over to the American owners.

2. What did the people of Shimoda do for the American sailors?
(a) Let them eat in some private homes.
(b) Open their geisha houses.
(c) Let them bathe in the public baths.
(d) Arranged a bazaar so the men could buy souvenirs.

3. When did Perry arrive back in Japan for his second visit?
(a) January, 1856.
(b) June, 1858.
(c) June, 1855.
(d) February, 1854.

4. What was one thing Perry never did during his visits to Japan?
(a) Meet the Emperor.
(b) Meet a Japanese woman.
(c) Meet the Shogun.
(d) Enter Edo.

5. What did the people of Hakodate give the Americans for the Washington Monument?
(a) An inscribed plaque.
(b) A haiku poem.
(c) A block of granite.
(d) A painting of Mount Fuji.

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

7. What did Commodore Perry's ships do while negotiations were proceeding?
(a) Survey and chart the waters.
(b) Military exercises.
(c) Fraternized with the Dutch traders.
(d) They got shore leave.

8. What will the U.S. get compared to other nations in the future?
(a) Only the Dutch and Russian would be ahead of the U.S.
(b) Any privilege other nations receive, the U.S. will also receive.
(c) First chance at new trade ports.
(d) First right of refusal above other nations in goods offered.

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

10. What did Commodore Perry demand about the building the Japanese built for negotiations?
(a) That it be heated.
(b) That it have screens to keep the bugs out.
(c) That he be allowed a thorough inspection before any negotiations took place.
(d) That the screens be removed.

11. What did the Japanese say about shipwrecked American sailors?
(a) They would be confined but not killed.
(b) They would be transported to the closest American ally.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They would be treated well.

12. What did the Japanese find odd about the Americans' eating habits?
(a) Eating meat.
(b) Their alcohol.
(c) The use of glass and utensils.
(d) Not eating meat.

13. What did the Japanese say they would give to the American ships?
(a) Coal, wood, water and other supplies.
(b) They would give them nothing.
(c) A tour of Edo before the Americans left.
(d) A reasonable time to leave Japanese waters.

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

15. What gifts did the Emperor never receive?
(a) The whiskey.
(b) The grinder.
(c) The telescope, steam engine or telegraph set.
(d) Any of the clocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show did the Americans present?

2. Where did Commodore Perry and the Japanese decide that the Americans could land?

3. What was one major accomplishment by Emperor Meiji?

4. What would be built at the place where the Americans landed?

5. What was one thing the Americans did that amazed the Japanese?

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