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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 enchanted Abigail about the Japanese?
(a) Their literacy rate.
(b) Their manners.
(c) Their religious fervor.
(d) Their health.

2. What did Commodore Perry demand about the building the Japanese built for negotiations?
(a) That it be heated.
(b) That it have screens to keep the bugs out.
(c) That the screens be removed.
(d) That he be allowed a thorough inspection before any negotiations took place.

3. What did some of the Americans collect?
(a) Samurai swords.
(b) Silk scarves.
(c) Flowers, plants and seaweeds.
(d) Silk handkerchiefs.

4. What horrified the Japanese about the Americans?
(a) That the Americans wore swords to the table.
(b) Their table manners.
(c) Their protests about the suicides.
(d) That the Americans took pictures of the Emperor.

5. Where could consuls and agents from the United States live?
(a) Edo.
(b) Shimoda.
(c) Nakasaki.
(d) Fikuri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Perry see still approaching Japan?

2. What would be built at the place where the Americans landed?

3. What was one reason Perry was happy with the treaty?

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

5. What is one port that was mentioned as being where the Americans could trade?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Kayama meet with the fleet and what did he tell them?

2. Where did the Commodore and staff go and what bothered the Commodore about the women there?

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

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

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

6. What was Hokkaido like and how did the first contact with them go for the Americans?

7. Why was Commodore Perry happy with the treaty?

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

9. Where did Commodore Perry decide to visit?

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

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