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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 Commodore Perry want of the Japanese?
(a) A written guarnatee that the Americans could land on any Japanese island.
(b) Them to make the Dutch leave if the Japanese would not treat with any other country.
(c) Exclusive rights to fish in Japenese waters.
(d) An actual, written treaty.

2. How did the Japanese and Americans threaten each other?
(a) In subtle ways.
(b) Neither side threatened the other.
(c) With open shows of armed might.
(d) By firing cannons towards each other, though both were out of range.

3. What did Commodore Perry's ships do while negotiations were proceeding?
(a) Military exercises.
(b) Survey and chart the waters.
(c) They got shore leave.
(d) Fraternized with the Dutch traders.

4. Of what was Sam Patch afraid?
(a) He would make an error in protocol.
(b) He would cook something displeasing to the Japanese guests.
(c) Banishment.
(d) He would be asked to row to the mainland and be attacked.

5. Who was Abigail Jernegan?
(a) The first foreign woman to land in Japan.
(b) A female nurse aboard Commodore Perry's ship.
(c) An American journalist.
(d) A British missionary who had been in Hakodate for years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?

2. When did Perry arrive back in Japan for his second visit?

3. What was one major accomplishment by Emperor Meiji?

4. When did the Japanese and Commodore Perry sign a treaty?

5. Who was Sam Patch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the behaviors of the Shimoda villagers change and what was the result?

3. When was the Treaty House completed and what did Commodore Perry demand that they change?

4. What Japanese awaited Perry and his staff?

5. What made Perry decide to sail to Japan despite the Shogun's death?

6. How did the villagers of Shimoda behave at first?

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

8. On April 10th, 1854, where did the Commodore take one of his ships and what was the result?

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

10. What were some of the squadron members permitted to do?

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