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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. When did the Japanese and Commodore Perry sign a treaty?
(a) April 30.
(b) July 22.
(c) July 9.
(d) March 31st.

2. Why did Commodore Perry bring many gifts on his ships?
(a) He planned to stop in several other countries to obtain treaties and wanted gifts for all of them.
(b) He planned to treat with the Chinese if the treaty did not go well with the Japanese.
(c) To win over the Japanese.
(d) In case a treaty was signed.

3. Why does Perry decide to move forward with plans to return to Japan?
(a) He was ordered to do so by the President of the United States.
(b) He received a letter from the Shogun inviting him back.
(c) Seeing other ships approaching Japan.
(d) He was paid a handsome commission by some investors.

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

5. How did the Japanese negotiators think they saved face?
(a) By not allowing ships or consuls into Edo.
(b) By not letting Commodore Perry met the Emperor.
(c) By making the Americans land at a deserted area of Japan.
(d) By allowing only 2 ships and 2 consuls into Edo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were some members of the squadron permitted to walk?

3. What did Hayashi claim to Commodore Perry?

4. What did Perry decide as far as Shimoda and Hakodate was concerned?

5. When was the latest ratification that take place of the treaty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Americans impress the Japanese as the Americans came ashore?

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

3. Where did Commodore Perry decide to visit?

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

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

6. What did Perry's arrival precipitate?

7. How did the Japanese believe they had saved face, but did they really?

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

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

10. How did the two cultures meet face to face and what did the people of the two countries think of the other?

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