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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 do for the Japanese on his ship?
(a) Gave them first rights in trade contracts.
(b) Taught them English.
(c) Threw a party.
(d) Gave them many gifts.

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

3. When was the latest ratification that take place of the treaty?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

5. What might the people resist upon Perry's next return?
(a) The Shogun's against their talking to the "white devils."
(b) Receiving foreigners.
(c) Trading with the Americans.
(d) Showing them their best goods rather than trading their best only with the Dutch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Japanese commissioners met Commodore Perry and his group?

2. Why did Perry's ships avoid getting too close to Edo?

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

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

5. Who entertained the Commodore and his staff on the tour?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Perry's arrival precipitate?

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