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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was surprising about the Japanese behavior?
(a) They did not wear any weapons in the Americans' presence.
(b) They were so tolerant after so many years of isolation.
(c) That they were so much more gracious to the Americans than the Dutch.
(d) Nothing that the author mentioned.

3. What was one thing that was excellent about Shimoda?
(a) The numerous docks.
(b) The sanitation system.
(c) The open bazaars.
(d) The deep water port.

4. What happened on April 10, 1854?
(a) Commodore Perry turned 40.
(b) Commodore Perry was presented with a solid gold etching.
(c) Commodore Perry turned 60.
(d) Commodore Perry turned 70.

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

6. What would the Japanese officers give American ships?
(a) Navigation advice.
(b) Help in rebuilding wrecked ships.
(c) Coal, water and general necessities.
(d) Aid in obtaining trade agreements.

7. What did the Emperor do after 1872?
(a) Visited the United States.
(b) Had American advisers.
(c) Wore western clothing.
(d) Took an American wife.

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

9. What did some of the Americans collect?
(a) Silk scarves.
(b) Silk handkerchiefs.
(c) Flowers, plants and seaweeds.
(d) Samurai swords.

10. When did American merchants start traveling for Japan?
(a) After Congress ratified the treaty.
(b) Not for five years after the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa.
(c) Within 2 years of the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa.
(d) When news of the Treaty of Kanagawa reached Hyawaii.

11. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?
(a) The Russians and French.
(b) The Italian.
(c) The British and French.
(d) The Germans.

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

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

14. What was one thing that amazed the botantist Morrow?
(a) The size of the Japanese apples.
(b) The size of the Japanese grapes.
(c) The number of hybrid plants the Japanese had developed.
(d) The Japanese irrigation system.

15. What bothered Perry about the women?
(a) They would not look him in the face.
(b) They painted their gums and teeth black.
(c) They ate last if there was any food left.
(d) They bowed to their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hayashi claim to Commodore Perry?

2. Who arrived in Japan 15 days after Commodore Perry left?

3. What happened to the samurai class?

4. What surprised the Japanese about a U.S. consul?

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

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