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

2. What was another reason Perry was happy with the treaty?
(a) He was allowed to visit Edo and talk with the Emperor.
(b) He was named as advisor to the Emperor.
(c) His decendants were named as "Friends of Japan."
(d) He had a foot in the door to bring Japan into the community of nations.

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

4. What did the Americans play when they reached the shore?
(a) Nothing.
(b) America the Beautiful.
(c) Hail to the Emperor.
(d) The Star Spangled Banner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Japanese and Americans threaten each other?

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

3. What was surprising about the Japanese behavior?

4. What did Commodore Perry's ships do while negotiations were proceeding?

5. What was Perry concerned about regarding the Shogun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the impacts of the treaty signing between the Americans and the Japanese?

2. What was the Commodore's first impression of Shimoda.

3. Who was Sam Patch and why was he terrified? What happened?

4. What sort of gifts did the Americans give the higher ranked Japanese?

5. Describe the exchange between Perry and the Japanese about shipwrecked sailors.

6. What did Commodore Perry say to the Japanese about wanting a treaty and the consequences of not getting one?

7. Enumerate the major points of the treaty that was signed between the United States and Japan.

8. When did the Shogun die and why was that of concern to Commodore Perry?

9. What gifts most fascinated the Japanese?

10. Why was Commodore Perry happy with the treaty?

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