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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Americans do that really impressed the Japanese?
(a) Stand at parade rest for ten hours each day.
(b) Bow back to the Japanese.
(c) A 21-gun salute to the Emperor.
(d) March in perfect formation and conduct military drill.

3. Why did Perry's ships avoid getting too close to Edo?
(a) They didn't want the people of Edo to see the smoking ships.
(b) They were forbidden to do so.
(c) They would have gotten stuck on the river's sand.
(d) The interpreters and negotiators would be be pressured to commit suicide.

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

5. Who came to say goodbye Commodore Perry?
(a) The Japanese interpreters.
(b) The Shogun.
(c) The head of the Buddhist church.
(d) The Emperor.

6. Why did Commodore Perry bring many gifts on his ships?
(a) He planned to stop in several other countries to obtain treaties and wanted gifts for all of them.
(b) To win over the Japanese.
(c) He planned to treat with the Chinese if the treaty did not go well with the Japanese.
(d) In case a treaty was signed.

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

8. How many men did Commodore Perry bring with him on this trip?
(a) 250.
(b) 500.
(c) 1200.
(d) 1600.

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

10. When did the Japanese say they would open a harbor?
(a) In fifteen years.
(b) Never.
(c) Next year.
(d) In five years.

11. What is one port that was mentioned as being where the Americans could trade?
(a) Edo.
(b) Shimoda.
(c) Fikuri.
(d) Nakasaki.

12. What did Hayashi claim to Commodore Perry?
(a) The Americans were the agressors coming to Japanese waters.
(b) That the Japanese respected the dignity of human life.
(c) The Japanese were more than happy to trade with the Americans.
(d) The Americans did not understand Japanese culture.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one major accomplishment by Emperor Meiji?

2. What did the merchants fail to do after being in Shimoda for three months?

3. Of what was Sam Patch afraid?

4. What was one reason Perry was happy with the treaty?

5. What stuck the Americans about the Japanese?

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