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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kayama pretending to be?
(a) The local police chief.
(b) The head priest.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) Governor.

2. What was the impression of Japan by most of the Americans?
(a) They were unreasonable.
(b) They were a cultured, civilized nation.
(c) They were bloodthirsty.
(d) They were barbarians.

3. How many troops were quickly rallied?
(a) About 17,000.
(b) About 4,000.
(c) About 100,000
(d) About 29,000.

4. What was special about Commodore Perry being received by the Japanese?
(a) He was the first Western ambassador to be received in over two hundred years.
(b) His parents had been missionaries to Japan.
(c) They ignored the Japanese laws against such a meeting.
(d) They greeted him with a special designation no other white man had received.

5. How did the Dutch live while maintaining trade status with the Japanese?
(a) Like slaves.
(b) Frugally but adequately.
(c) In very commodious quarters.
(d) Like princes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were not even counted in the census?

2. What did the Japanese who served the Dutch swear?

3. Why were the feudal lords required to leave their wives and children in Edo?

4. In what year does the book open?

5. To whom did the Shoguns send a copy of the letter that Commodore Perry brought?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene as the ships steamed into the harbor.

2. What was special about the Englishman, Will Adams?

3. Describe the two opposing camps to the idea of a treaty with the Americans.

4. Discuss the lead Shogun at the time of Commodore Perry's arrival.

5. What were some negative aspects of the Tokugawa period?

6. What happened after Shogun Ieyasu died?

7. What were some of Commodore Perry's accomplishments in addition to convincing the Japanese to receive him?

8. Where did messengers ride when the ships were spotted, and what was the consequence?

9. What happened on Friday, July 8th, 1853, at the opening of the book?

10. What was one consequence of the Japanese's isolation for the Americans?

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