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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. Why couldn't the Japanese surround the ships?
(a) They didn't have any war ships of their own.
(b) They did not have enough manpower.
(c) They could not outrun the ships.
(d) They didn't want to surround the burning ships and catch their ships on fire.

2. What was the Emperor required to study?
(a) Sword fighting.
(b) Feng Shui.
(c) Karate.
(d) Classics and poetry.

3. What stunned the Japanese about the sailors?
(a) Some were black.
(b) Some were Chinese.
(c) How many there were.
(d) Some were women.

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

5. With what are the Americans impressed?
(a) The numbers of their army.
(b) The strict protocol they followed.
(c) The beauty of the city from the harbor.
(d) How kind the Japanese people are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the smaller of the two swords that a samurai carried used for?

2. When was Japan last at war?

3. When did the Portuguese arrive?

4. What did those in favor of trade want from the West?

5. What do many historians think of Manjiro's influence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Japanese try to do and what did Commodore Perry order his men to do and why?

3. Who commanded the American forces and why did they come to Japan?

4. What had Japan been like before the time of Commodore Perry's arrival?

5. Who did the Americans awaken to see the next morning and what would they be considered today?

6. Describe the time before this setting when the Japanese were not cut off from the rest of the world.

7. Who were the daimyos?

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

9. Describe the life of the Dutch who resided in Deshima.

10. What happened after Shogun Ieyasu died?

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