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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was one of the characteristics of this era in question #73?
2. What did many of the daimyos believe?
3. With what are the Americans impressed?
4. What was the meeting with the Shogun like for the Dutch?
5. What are two of the ships doing that scares some of the inhabitants?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the life of the Dutch who resided in Deshima.
2. Who is Nakajima and what does he tell the Americans and what was Perry's response?
3. Describe the scene when the Susquehanna and Mississippi landed.
4. What was Edo's first response to the messengers and why is it amazing?
5. What was special about the Englishman, Will Adams?
6. Describe the Dutch's visit to Edo to see the head Shogun.
7. Who were the samurai?
8. Who were the daimyos?
9. What did the native Japanese who served the Dutch have to do?
10. What happened on Friday, July 8th, 1853, at the opening of the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not? Do you think Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun has a "happy" ending?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation of the fact that the Dutch had been treating with the Japanese for many years and lived like slaves; whereas, the Americans were given comparative royal treatment.
2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use and meaning of five symbols you choose to analyze from Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun. What do they symbolize? Is the symbolism obvious? Effective? Does the symbolism contribute to the enjoyment of reading?
3. Discuss five literary devices that occur in Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogunand how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible techniques: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
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